I have lately been obsessing over understanding admittedly, and I think that a choice that I have consciously made over the past several weeks is that I have to make more of a personal effort to understand versus seeking to be understood. I cannot control being understood, but I can control understanding the validation that I give out. I am trying to validate even if I am not being validated, because while validating someone can make them feel good, the most important and longstanding validation comes from within.

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Let them mentality - it is a hard thing to do, but sometimes it's all you can do, and I promise it is healthy. Sometimes there's no amount of context or explanation that you can do preemptively to prevent yourself from being misunderstood. No matter what it is or what you do, dialogue will always be the most important thing, but sometimes people just are not going to understand you, and for your own health, that HAS to be ok.

If the first half makes you uncomfy, please stick around for the second half. Or skip to 15 minutes.

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My heart was in a weird place this week. At one end I am deperately trying to understand others while feeling somewhat misunderstood. All while trying not to be the stereotypical angry black dude that ver rarely gets their voice heard. It's weird, so I thought I would spend some time breaking it down.

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There is a bit of a weird mindset lately of "who cares?" or "why bother?" springing up lately, and I've found myself falling into it. But rather than get trapped there, I am using all the energy I can to get out of the mindset, and here is why I think we should all try.

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Exactly what the title says, recently during some meditation and journaling I envisioned a discussion between my mind and my heart, and I wanted to share it with you.

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So this one is a little charged up in that I have had some things weighing on me for a while, and I wanted (again) to get the ideas out of my mind and into the ether, while attempting to give y'all an ideal as to how we interact with each other. I think self awareness is starting to dwindle a bit, and I'd like to bring that back.

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The title is a bit misleading, this is more about telling people things they don't want to hear. I recorded it tired and in an emotional space, but I wanted to get these feelings out of my mind. Hopefully it's enjoyable.

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Confession: I'm angry, a lot. And while I do not make a conscious effort to bottle it, I definitely do not express it much, because I feel like I don't have many outlets or opportunities to. So I figured after a weekend with some weird stuff perceptionally, it was time to unpack it.

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I feel responsible that my basketball team has lost our last 2 games, mostly because I have not been able to build any chemistry with my teammates. This got me thinking about other instances where a lack of chemistry can often lead to a lack of success. Here's my thoughts.

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I admitted this week that a lot of what I do or have done in the past was done with the intention of being something to someone...not something in particular...just something. And in so doing I became someone who tried to be everything to everyone so as to hopefully catch the success of finally being something to someone. I'm positive in hindsight this was incorrect, so let's talk about what I've learned.

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