Daily Musings with Allysia

Today's episode is a podcast-only follow-up to yesterday's discussion on suffering, and why I think it's important to not flinch away from the suffering of others. It's based on this blog post: In Defense of Negativity - (allyvb.com)

Hope you enjoy,

-A

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Suffering is a part of being human. By turning away from it, opting only for what's positive, do we then become less human?  Thanks so much for hanging out with me. It's deeply appreciated, as always.  

-A

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I’m preparing for another semester at university. This time I’ll be dining on a buffet of philosophy classes, three in total, in contrast to my summer meal of three psychology classes. Why am I eating these classes anyway?

It looks to be a lot of reading, but I’m up for it. I love reading! Bring on those six books, existential philosophy class.

This episode is based on my blog post: Blog - (allyvb.com)

Enjoy!

-A

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I wrote one paper, and now I'm an expert! (Joking, of course.) In today's episode, I share the trials and tribulations - and inspirations! - of writing my first humanities paper. I received a pretty good mark, and though I'm an absolute amateur when it comes to writing college papers, I hope you'll get something useful from this podcast. :)

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Hey all! Today's episode is a recount of my "30 days of socializing" experiment from July. I set out to hang with someone (or someones) every day in July, to see if I could reclaim some of the supposed joy I had as a teenager, back in the early 2000s when social media didn't exist and hanging out was just a normal part of each day.

-A

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Another (short) one from the blog! Being myself does not mean being my ideal self. - (allyvb.com)

Today's topic is a little abstract as I attempt to convey a feeling-essence, not the mind-essence, of meaning. Because it is not always about thoughts, and thinking, and mind, right? This one is about imperfect moments (most of them), and just being okay with that imperfection, because such is the juice of life.

-A

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Today's episode is from the blog: The dream of the 90s. - (allyvb.com)

And, importantly, if you don't know the (ridiculous and silly) reference: The Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland - YouTube

Hope you enjoy today's musings - thanks for hanging out. :) 

-A

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Here is the life update as alluded to yesterday!

My plan is to post over the next few weeks on a regular basis, and then decide from there on the next steps. I will be doing a hybrid approach of videos and podcasts (all episodes will be posted on the podcast, but not all podcast episodes will be videos).  

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Hey all! It has been a minute. Today's episode was inspired by an evening walk and yoga session, but fear not - this episode is not about exercise. It is about happiness! Or, the thing that seems to be a more worthwhile pursuit...awakeness. (awareness? aliveness?)

Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode where I share what I've been up to these months! 

-Allysia

In today's episode, I discuss one new goal for the spring quarter (Q2). It's simple, probably obvious, but enormously satisfying - take the evenings off! Put the work (or schoolwork) away and just enjoy life. What a concept, right? :) 

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