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On Pain

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. […] Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you…

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“Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”: Lessons Learned

That was my absolute favorite song for most of my teenage years. I had a visceral reaction to it and it touched me on a deep level. Because it matched what I was going through at the time (or at least what I thought I was going through – “love” at that age is quite the mercurial thing.)

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Are You Stuck in “Elo Hell”?

There’s a term in competitive gaming called “Elo hell”. The phrase comes from the Elo ranking system, which was originally created for chess matches in an attempt to match players…

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