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Remembering a Language I Already Know
The first language I heard as a child was the language of my parents, Persian Azeri. In the 2025 I decided to make learning languages and helping oth...
Polyglot Memoir
Memoir of the late scholar and polyglot Benedict Anderson Benedict Anderson "A Life Beyond Boundaries" is the first memoir I've read about a schol...
Learning Languages
Books I bought in Denpasar airport while traveling to Malaysia Learning Languages I have always had a desire to learn languages, especially as I h...
Practicing Meditation
The Happiest I've ever been During Covid I decided to start an experiment. I knew that being forced to stay inside was going to be challenging for me...
Iranian American Apologist
peace in the Middle East In college I thought my role in this world would be to become an American Apologist to let the world know, we are not all fi...
Emotions - Part 3
I grew up with both of my Persian Parents speaking Azeri at home (a language which is a combination of Persian and Turkish) and with a deep desire to ...
My Fitness Journey
One of the most important aspects of my life has been developing self care practices, in particular physical training and healthy nutrition. I'm going...
A Most Important Book - Part 2
One of the most important tools I've found helpful in developing my understanding around emotions has been the emotions wheel. There are many of them ...
Five months without a Smart Phone
At the beginning of the year I decided to switch to a "dumb phone" called a Light Phone, which really is a phone that has limited functionality, i.e. ...
Travel is the University of Life
I recently came back from my first solo international travel trip. My yoga studio Lizard Yoga(https://lizardyoga.com/) (check them out if you are in S...
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