Tag: thinking
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Anxiety or Award
As I was looking at my ‘Awards’ on my Apple watch – I remember when all of these little reminders to stand was a point of anxiety for me – not award. I needed to get all the marks for standing every hour. When I would go on a drive…
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Classspace
I – am an educator. Thank you very much. I’ve been one for many years. I have been studying it for even longer than I have been an educator. If you’ve been following this blog – you’ll know that I studied adolescent identity formation in online space. I have been…
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Attention Addiction
I recently heard about this possibility – that it’s possible to become addicted to attention in much the same way someone can become addicted to smoking or drinking. All people need attention – some more than others. It’s possible to not get enough attention and that comes with some issues.…
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Yeah Yeah Yeah
This post is not about the famous indie rock band. This is the annoying thing that I say when I don’t really want to hear what you have to say. It’s an awful identity feature of mine. The thing is, I don’t even realize that I do this. It’s amazing…
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I Hate How He Thinks
I heard the guy behind me at the cafe say this. The thing about this line is that he got emotional about someone’s thinking. He then talked about how illogical and incorrect this other person’s thinking was. It is interesting to me that it started with an emotion. He hated.…
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The Value of a Bad Grade
I was reflecting on a particular paper that I wrote in high school. I remember the topic and my grade, but this one paper really opened my mind to a whole new way of thinking. The topic is irrelevant. The main idea is that my teacher that was grading the…
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Identity Decisions
They shape identity. Whether you spend lots of time thinking about them or not, your decisions shape who you become. You are who you are today because of decisions that you’ve made. You can probably think of decisions that you’ve made that have shaped your sense of identity and self.…
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Sometimes You Need Help
I wrote a post that I called Becoming What You Hate. I have been thinking about it quite a bit. I know what I hate, and it’s just natural to become it. I wonder if it’s because I think about it so much. As I’ve thought about it more, I…
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What Calms You?
What Calms You? Do you even need to be calm? Some of us live such fast-paced lives that we don’t even know that we need to be calm. That place where you are calm is a great place for shaping identity. When you are calm, you can freely think and…
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Cognitive Reframing
Ever heard of this? It’s a fancy way to say that you can reason your way out of anything. It means that you can change your mind and make excuses for it. It means that you rethink things to make it makes sense. Maybe it’s someone helping you understand it…
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Think About Learning
I love listening to professors. I’m a professor. I don’t mind if people listen to me or not, but I love to listen to professors. More than that – I love to learn. I love learning what professors have learned and studied. I was listening to a professor share his…
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Divergent Thinking
You can check out the Wikipedia page for this or listen to this Sir Ken Robinson talk about it. Definitely watch the Sir Ken Robinson talk about it. Basically, it’s the ability to see lots of possibilities. It’s seeing the question and the answers in every single possible way. It’s…