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Sometimes, doing things faster causes you to spend more time on them in the end. As much as I pray about taking things slow and avoiding multitasking, today I fell victim to my own desire to speed things up. While at work, I made some changes to a database migration
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I just finished listening to Seth Godin’s audiobook The Icarus Deception. It was a great listen, albeit uncomfortable at times due to the many truths Seth shares. The book was released in 2012, and I regret not having discovered it until recently. Although I’m a subscriber to Seth’
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Is it possible that by walking around a city or neighborhood, you increase your chances of connecting with unique individuals and experiences? I believe so, and this has been my theory for many years now. This is why I enjoy taking long walks around a city, especially when I visit
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Have you noticed how fewer people now remember names of top players from sports they don’t follow? Or how people don’t remember their favorite movies from one or two years ago? For example, our son was talking about the upcoming Olympic Games and more specifically about the U.
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Una taza de café negro, sin leche ni crema, así se lo toma todos los días. Está mañana no es diferente. El buen café, ese con el color café obscuro casi negro, como el de la Coca Cola, con algunas burbujas adornando la superficie en la taza, y ese vapor
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My daughter is visiting us from New York for my son’s birthday. She arrived a few days ago, and it was a pleasant surprise. We have two older kids, both living in NYC, while our third kid, my wife, and I live on the West Coast. Despite the distance,
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All these people walking around, and here I am just watching them. It’s a lot of people, and they are all distracted, looking at a rectangle, ignoring what’s around them. It’s happening more and more, and it is sad. It illuminates their faces, bringing happiness and sadness
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El jueves fue un día nublado aquí en el área de Seattle, y como planeaba ir a caminar a Pioneer Square y algunas otras partes de Seattle al día siguiente (viernes), decidí revisar el pronóstico del tiempo. Para mi asombro, estaría soleado, pero no solo el viernes, sino también todo
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This year, I’m embarking on a new decade of my life. I’ve always found it helpful to segment my life into decades; it’s a meaningful way to observe changes, gauge progress, and assess the impact of my choices. From Ages 1 to 9: We’re essentially on
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Last Friday, I woke up a bit late. It was a sunny day, and the idea of taking the ferry to one of the nearby islands was much more appealing than the previous rainy day, typical of a Seattle winter. After showering and having breakfast, my son and I got
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Many years from now, we will look back at this era and understand the numerous mistakes we made due to our constant need for speed. Consider the incident with Alaska Airlines earlier this year, where a piece of the fuselage fell off while the plane was flying. A few days
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I am so glad that today is not as cold as last Friday. Last week it was very cold here in the Seattle area, and last Friday, I decided to stay home and write and read from the comfort of my own desk and sip my own coffee. On Fridays,