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THOUGHTS on RESONATES
âI am a little nervous because I know youâre going to kiss me. You seem nervous too.â - Agnes
I take off my coat and place my bag in the chair next to me before I realize we sat in this same spot. It was raining that day too. ItâsâŠ
Thoughts on RESONATES
"The constant desire for more possessions, money, and success can leave us feeling unfulfilled and unhappy. But what if the solution was counterintuitive? What if the less you wanted, the more you had?" - Rahul Anand
You are not an egg..err perfect
Editorial at RESONATES
"What is the point of having immerse success in life, only to retire to bed an empty shell." - Morris T
Most of us take the time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the year to come. While setting goals for personal andâŠ
THOUGHTS on RESONATES
âBut where would I go and who would I meet?
Do I travel away from my lifelong friends and from my family?â - Amber L
I open my door and look outside
Thoughts on RESONATES
"In retrospect, the trip seemed to be a lesson in letting go. Letting go when you donât want to; letting go when it hurts to do so, but it hurts more not to. It is ironic to me that it was on this trip that I found the locks. Isnât a lock the opposite of letting go?" - Agnes
A promise, a wish, a mark, a thing we leave behind?
THOUGHTS on RESONATES
"The journey hasnât been roses, daisies, rainbows, and butterflies. Iâve had a lot of ups and downs (mostly downs). This is because I find it difficult to write consistently every day." Kristen Na
Dear Medium Family,
THOUGHTS by RESONATES
"Thereâs a lot happening in my life and sometimes I do realize about the gravity of how everything around me just goes on and I am like totally casual and nonchalant about all of the chaos."
Rahul Anand
Ya I havenât had much to do in a while. So..
Thoughts on RESONATES
"But now I donât know what I want to do. My dream job doesnât look so perfect anymore. The things I thought would make me happy, just donât." Amber L.
Iâve always had my life planned out ever since I was little.
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Language shapes the way we see the world. The language we speak is like an explorer's toolkit: it gives us little magnifying glasses and brushes, cameras with different zooms and filters." Agnes
Language shapes the way we see the world. The language we speak is like an explorer's toolkit: it gives us little magnifying glasses andâŠ
Thoughts on RESONATES
"I now have a work phone. I am now a human being that can safely say that I need to use two mobile phones a day and I am not happy about it." Ben Shelley
Do I have time in my life for âanother relationshipâ?
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Once I had to bury someone who had framed my whole existence with her own, my doubts, fears, and questions about death et cetera changed drastically. They became urgent." Aabye-Gayle F.
When thoughts & prayers feel insufficient
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Achievement is a word and one that means different things to different people. It is a thought that I bat around my brain each and every year, with different conclusions each time." Ben Shelley
Achievement is a word and one that means different things to different people. It is a thought that I bat around my brain each and every year, with different conclusions each time. Achievement is aâŠ
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Itâs just been one of those days. It happens sometimes. The daily challenges add up: the work proposal that gets rejected when youâre on a tight timeline, the friend who needs to cancel last minute, the text that goes unanswered, the meal you burn, the bank password you forget, the decision you made that you regret, even if you know regret is not productive." Agnes
âItâs just been one of those days,â I tell my friend, before I start listing all the things that felt like extra weight today. Thumbs flyâŠ
Thoughts on RESONATES
"We are born into the world a wide-eyed receptacle for whatever comes our way, and we are free to explore everything with a feeling of warmth and security we will know at no other time in our lives. As the years pass, the things that make childhood special slowly peel away, and we are left with whatever remnants of that time we can hold onto. What are those things that make the time of our childhood special that I miss?"
Here is what I miss about being a child
Thoughts on RESONATES
"How often do we say, âIâm fineâ when we are, in fact, in agony? When the hurt is real, why are we so eager to deny or minimize it? Why do we keep our pain so private? We push it down and cover it up. Does it really require such modesty?"
Aabye-Gayle F.
Theyâre Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
Confessions on RESONATES.
"Upon reflection, there were a number of reasons why I didnât fight back. My dad was strict, and hammered obedience into the mindsets of myself and my sister. I carried that with me to school."
Anthony Eichberger
One of the few physical fights I got into during K-12 school is one I keep replaying over and over again in my head
Thoughts on RESONATES
"My first reaction to this quasi-rant was, âare you kidding me? Are you so hard up for something to write that youâve stooped to writing a rant about what people write in your comments?â" Pam Winter
I hope I havenât offended anyone
Thoughts on RESONATES
"I managed to save $320 in $5 notes in my challenge, so thatâs sixty-four five-dollar notes I had put away for the year and happily deposited back into my bank account travel savings." Karen Downton
https://medium.com/resonates/results-of-my-5-challenge-2021-2022-70562e7563a6
Last year, I was inspired by a fellow medium writer's story of how he accomplished the $5 challenge. Vincent Teo wrote about the challengeâŠ
Thoughts on RESONATES
"I was raised as an only child, not through choice, it wasn't like I had siblings and my Mum chose to remove them, it is through the consideration of divorce. Whilst my Mum wanted another child there were years of baggage that she needed to deal with from my father and consequently, it took her too long to trust again. I was and always will be an only child."
Ben Shelley
https://fortheloveofcontent.medium.com/faa2019d42e1
It centres our thoughts and offers us a moment of clarity in a sea of discontent
Thoughts on RESONATES
"By quitting my office job, Iâd lose access to many of the social encounters I had become so used to. Greeting the front desk person and patting their dog. Waving over to the janitors on their morning rounds. Saying hi to colleagues from other departments in the elevator or lunch queue." Gracia Kleijnen
https://medium.com/resonates/your-social-circle-is-going-to-shrink-in-your-30s-what-to-do-f08660b05623
Prepare to start from scratch
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Some feelings are much more enjoyable and popular. Anger, like sorrow, is an emotion many shy away from because itâs uncomfortable. However, it is that discomfort that drives much of its power. " Aabye-Gayle F
https://medium.com/resonates/the-importance-of-anger-7a1326d833bc
Every time I get madâŠI learn something
Thoughts on RESONATES
"It took him 8 months to make his first sale. For 8 months, he tutored grade school students to earn funds for transport. For 8 months, he brought a bag of bread rolls with him every day so that he wouldnât go hungry." Hannah To | Multipotentialite
https://medium.com/resonates/my-dad-was-the-best-mentor-i-could-ever-have-and-i-only-realized-it-now-that-hes-gone-170f51816ac0
This was how he intentionally shaped my life to be who I am today
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Itâs a family recipe. One your mom has baked through the years and passed down to you and your siblings, which youâll pass on to your kids.
Does this include friends and anyone who asks? The rules are unclear. Plus, you are not a âbaking-istaâ who makes a living blogging about cooking." Nadja Scarlett
https://medium.com/resonates/are-you-a-recipe-snob-36b808a52dc3
The goodies we donât share
Thoughts on RESONATES
"When I meet people I used to school with for example, even though I used to know them well and we interacted in some way, I ignore most of them." Gal Mux
https://medium.com/resonates/i-sometimes-ignore-people-i-used-to-know-heres-why-9fffcdc2b6bb
And do you?
Thoughts on RESONATES
"I love my Mum. She raised me against a sea of challenges growing up. From my father choosing to walk out on us before I could walk to hiding food to ensure that I was able to eat. My Mum is an inspiration alongside many other Mums around the world but that does not stop me from wondering if I am raising her?"
Ben Shelley
https://medium.com/resonates/are-you-raising-your-parents-7398b302e7c6
Am I now Mum?
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Ever since my mum passed away when I was a teenager, my family has been intentional about time spent together. We document our family meetings, make videos, take pictures, and talk about our family history." Ibukun
https://medium.com/resonates/my-thoughts-on-intentionality-the-brevity-of-life-7e5254c321e6
Create lasting memories with your loved ones whilst you can
Thoughts on RESONATES
"The first thought in my mind here is does this matter? Does it matter if I view it as a blog or a writing platform?" Ben Shelley
https://medium.com/resonates/should-we-consider-medium-a-blog-9257401971bd
Or is it a writing platform and without a niche, we will continue to churn
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Letâs get one thing out of the way, right upfront: Iâm sure there are going to be people who simply sneer at me by assuming I only would have wanted to be a wrestler so I could have had an excuse to put my hands on other guys via intimate positions" Anthony Eichberger
https://eichy815.medium.com/a5fe0ca1159f
An unrealized dream from my damaged childhood
Thoughts on RESONATES
"Love isnât enough to keep a relationship functional. Nor are all the other values we all cite when asked what our âtypeâ is: honesty, humour, respect, kindness and so on. And nor are all the things you have in common or all your shared goals for the future." Eliza Lita
https://medium.com/resonates/this-commitment-will-save-you-the-heartache-of-broken-relationships-158cf59ca700
All you need is to break societal standards just a little
THOUGHTS on RESONATES
"The ironic thing is, Iâm a pacifist. War confounds me. Why must any conflict be anything other than intellectual or ideological? Why do lives have to be lost? Is any resource or territory worth a single life? I donât think so." Aabye-Gayle F.
https://medium.com/resonates/the-problem-with-america-4a501144843b
Ukraine needs more than our thoughts, prayers, and sanctions
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