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Entry #6 - Self Development... Yet Another Obsession!

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  I recently purchased a cold plunge … I don’t know where my journey of self development started but it is a journey that I hope leads me to becoming a better person, not only for myself but for my community as well.  My Internet friends, as always, it is great to be writing to you once again and I hope this blog finds you in great health. There is a Matthew McConoughy award acceptance speech from 2014 that never fails to inspire me to be the best version of myself. My favorite part of this speech is when Matthew McConoughy makes reference to a question that was asked of him when he was a young man, “ Who’s your hero”... to which after some time thinking Mr. McConaughy responds “Me ten years from now” the same person that asked the initial question then asks him – ten years down the road – if he has become his hero, to which the response is “no”. The reason his answer is no, is because he will never be able to be himself ten years into the future. The reason he can never become his h
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Entry #5 - An Educated Population?

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  While Doug Duecy and I disagree on A LOT, I think it's safe to say that I believe he is right in stating that there are far more positive outcomes to an educated population, than the inverse. World, it is so lovely to be writing to you once again, behind the comfort of my computer screen. Today we will be discussing Governor Doug Duecy’s thoughts on “raising the bar” on education and setting in motion a plan to have 60% of Arizonians with a college degree.  As fellow college students I think many of us will agree that a degree in whatever field it may be is very beneficial to anyone pursuing a career. It seems like more and more degrees are becoming the bare minimum (aside from 18 years of experience) to land jobs in the ever increasingly competitive job market. Governor Duecy makes claims that with a more educated population there will be a higher employed percentage of individuals therefore meaning taxes will get paid to a higher degree ultimately leading to a community that is
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Entry #4 - Thinking Like a Stoic

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  Philosophy and the many different ideologies that come with it have been practiced for centuries and to this day they are often still studied and even practiced. Hello world, It is your favorite digital babbler and today I wanted to talk to you all about my latest and greatest obsession. Stoicism.  I recently picked up the book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, by Donald Robertson and in the book there is a good amount of information regarding stoicism and its practices. To put it short and sweet for you, stoicism is the practice of controlling one’s emotions in an environment that one usually has no control in. An example of this would be when driving… Let’s be honest, how many times have you driven literally anywhere and had a fit of road rage because other people on the road seem like they got their license in a day and age where horse drawn carriages were the only form of transportation. I’ll be the first to admit that this is something that has happened to me on more than one o
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Entry #3 Marijuana and The Brain

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  The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Huberman Lab Podcast #92      Hello from one side of the digital world to the other! It is your host Jason Morales, once again ready to indulge you with the latest podcast of my favorite doctor, Dr. Andrew Huberman.  It would appear that as this class progresses, a new podcast that can directly correlate to our class assignments appears as well! Today I will be discussing the slanted view within Dr. Huberman recent podcast that discusses the effects of cannabis on the developing brain as well as the developed brian.  While the podcast in itself doesn’t directly say to not consume marijuana during the developmental stages of the forebrain – until the age of 25 – there are many rhetorical devices employed by Dr. Huberman that make a strong suggestion against the consumption of marijuana until the age previously mentioned. Two of the podcast's strongest rhetorical devices used are ethos and logos. Within the podcast Dr. H
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Entry #2 Attention Spam?

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 Kings and Queens of the digital world, it is your friendly neighborhood blogger Jason here with yet another entry! This time we dip our toes in the waters that are serious topics, and we will be discussing the attention span of Humans and wether it has gotten better or worse.  They Got The Toons!? Like everyone I discuss this with (golly am I exciting at parties) you may be asking yourself what sparked my interest into this topic and you wouldn't be wrong in wondering so. It happened an evening when I sat to watch SpongeBob with my nephew and the differences in the yellow sponge that I grew up with and the one my nephew is growing up with were outstandingly different.  Now saying that SpongeBob is educational by any means is a little outrageous. But, the plot line our modern sponge followed was erratic and all over the place; while the sponge of the past had three missions to each story max. After watching the episode with my nephew I began to ask myself if our attention spans wer
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Entry # 1 What Even is A Blog

What is up internet friends! Jason here once again, except, instead of rambling about myself and my interest, this time i'll be rambling about opinion on blogs... how humble of me. Opinion's are like... If i'm being completely honest with you, which I always will be (scouts honor), up until recently I thought blogs were a dying if not dead form of online dialogue. I have come to learn that, that was very wrong. I actually read some interesting blogs in research for what constitutes a blog, and have come to realize that a blog is truly what the creator makes of it.With that being said i'll have to be honest in saying that I am a fan of them. There is something fascinating about the personality that each author choses to apply to their blog. The few blogs that I read differed mostly in tone and use of language. Which predominantly depended on the material being discussed in the blog. If it was a blog about educating fellow teachers, then the tone of voice would be more pr
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Hello World, that was probably the corniest introduction I could have thought of. But, this is a blog so I thought it fit perfectly! My name is Jason Morales, and it's super nice to be introducing myself to you all. My birthday just recently passed so I am now 22 and not excited to get older. I am an Arizona native and can't say I'll ever get accustomed to the heat but golly do I love this state. From the amazing sunsets to the mildly cold winter nights I love everything natural this state has to offer. Check out this picture I snapped up in Flagstaff! A little more about me is that I am a manager at a coffee shop here in Arizona, and I plan on remaining so, unless a higher paying opportunity arises that benefits me more while I finish school. That being said, a goal that I am trying to accomplish is graduating with a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering as soon as possible. After many different positions within the company I currently work for I came to the realization that
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