Étiquette : personal

Do our names influence who we are?

Well, as I was coming home today, I asked myself…

If my parents had given me the name « Blaise » (a totally random name), would it have changed who I am today? What I do? What I like? My personality, ambitions, passions?

With a quick Google search, I realize that there are many articles (including some from « serious » sources) that support this thesis. On the other hand, nothing on Google Scholar. Maybe I’m not looking for the right terms.

I’ll try again this weekend.

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I have recently been working on implementing an effective marketing strategy around my activities and my website. But sometimes I wonder: is it supposed to be exhausting?

Because at certain moments, I realize that some things really take a lot of time. Between configuring the tools, testing them, and putting them in place, I sometimes don’t know where to stand.

Maybe it’s my processes that are not good? Or maybe I’m too much in search of perfection? Or maybe the tools I use are too complex?

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The pleasure of achieving

I was saying yesterday that the week went by rather quickly. Partly it was because I was able to « finish » things.

Usually when you spend many days on the same tasks without finishing them, you can get demotivated. Not knowing that you’re moving forward can really set up a feeling of slack.

I was able to complete several things that were stagnating in my todo of the month. That’s really cool. And it feels really good.

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Well, I finally found the expression that most characterizes me in terms of sentimental relationships. I’m the compulsive crusher.

I’m the kind of person who falls in love with other people very quickly. Then that feeling fades away quickly. Sometimes it comes back to me with force in my face. But it usually disappears relatively quickly.

Very funny (or weird) all this. I know it is.

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Feeling lost

Last Friday was a holiday. So I had an extended weekend, as they say.

I didn’t have any big tasks to work on for the weekend. So I found myself asking a thousand and one questions.

Going three days without having anything substantial to work on made me question my purpose. My purpose in life. My goals, my ambitions.

Not only as a person, but also professionally.

Honestly, I haven’t felt so lost in a long time. Disoriented. I remember sitting in front of my computer for minutes on Saturdays, my eyes wide open. Not really knowing what to do.

I hate feeling like that, a lot.

Then maybe it’s normal to have these whiteout moves when you’re in your early 20s. ????.

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Being confined to my own home has made me back to some pretty cool habits. I see it as unlocking new achievements.

First of all, I’m cooking more. Yeah, I know it’s weird. When I was still going to work regularly, I had less opportunity to cook at home.

Now I can have fun and cook cool (and sometimes unusual and bizarre) dishes. And also, at the beginning of this whole story, a friend and I did some big grocery shopping. So, in terms of groceries, I’m all set.

Finally, I take naps during my lunch breaks. Still strange I know. I don’t usually sleep during my breaks. When I was younger and I lived with my parents, my father always asked me if I was feeling well when he saw me sleeping at noon.

This is also a bit of a consequence of the fact that I cook more. I don’t waste time eating somewhere else anymore. So taking naps came naturally to me!