The Thoughts that Bind

January 6, 2021December 15, 2020

Learning about luxury

There have been a lot of wonderful advances in society as of this modern day. More than ever, the everyman lives an exceedingly comfortable day to day life. It is wonderful that so many people can afford to not only survive, but also have things they want- not just the things they need. And more and more we’re continuing to make advances so that these comforts are more accessible to others, socially, technologically, and logistically. This is great, and we should continue striving for that. But there is a problem.

December 30, 2020November 29, 2020

Do I cut them out? (a discussion about boundaries and lifestyle)

“I’m so jealous of people who can just cut someone out of their life without a second thought.” I read this online somewhere, and it struck a chord with me. So today, I thought I’d examine this topic more closely.

December 23, 2020November 29, 2020

Make your life harder (in order to make it easier)

I thought I’d give credence to a funny little idea today. Not for any particular reason, but I like what it says, about habits, about life, and about our personal power to control our own destiny.

December 16, 2020November 29, 2020

How to actually become better

There are so many things that you can do in order to improve your life, and sometimes it can get a little overwhelming. It’s easy to see where we fall short. We look at how far we are from our goals, and it becomes discouraging. That’s exactly the feeling you should be trying to avoid.

December 9, 2020November 29, 2020

What is intuition, and how useful is it?

So many people talk about intuition. You ask how to know something that would be a very important piece of information, and they answer, “You just know.” That’s an unhelpful answer. And it begs the question, “What is intuition, really?”

December 2, 2020November 29, 2020

Live your life on purpose

There are many ways to go about living life. Between all sorts of philosophies and lifestyles, it’s really hard to make a black and white assessment of what’s “good” and “bad” in terms of how to be, how to spend your time, and what to work toward. But one thing stands above all the rest, in my opinion. And it’s not what you do, but it’s if you do it on purpose.

November 26, 2020November 25, 2020

I learned how to be thankful!

It seems very difficult for me to get past the Thanksgiving holiday without writing something about it on this site, doesn’t it? And the funny part about this is that I didn’t really understand what was the meaning behind “thanks-giving” until just this year.

November 25, 2020November 26, 2020

The difference between thankful and grateful (and why it matters)

Hello everyone, and welcome back to The Thoughts that Bind! There are a lot of us pondering the concept of being thankful right now, whether it’s due to location or life situation or shared global experiences, it’s a poignant topic. And I’m one of them as well, for many reasons. So we’re going to talk about it it today, because recently I learned something new.

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Make your New Year’s resolution today!

It’s getting to be that time where we start talking about “the holidays”. And you know what that means. Pretty soon, everyone’s going to be talking about New Year’s resolutions and “new year new me” and all sorts of things about bettering yourself. Things that this website seems to talk about all the time. You’d think that I’d be excited about it, but really, as usual, I’m kind of frustrated. Not that my personal feelings really matter much compared to the general consensus of how we perceive this time of year, but because I have this platform, I just thought I would talk about it.

November 11, 2020November 1, 2020

What is closure? (And do we need it?)

There’s a concept that’s been on my mind recently, called closure. Although we all come into contact with the idea of closure from time to time in our lives, I can honestly say that I hadn’t really tried to work out what it meant to me until very recently. And as usual, it was one quick sentence that sparked this realization.