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Three Lies About Money I Didn't Know I Believed

September 21, 2026

Three Lies About Money I Didn't Know I Believed

Three takeaways from The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist, and the three toxic myths of scarcity.
How to memorize any phone number

April 02, 2026

How to memorize any phone number

Memory tools
Remembering a Language I Already Know

February 02, 2026

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

October 05, 2025

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...
Becoming Fluent

September 28, 2025

Becoming Fluent

Wonderful book on how adults learn languages The Language Myth There is a language myth, the big one, that adults cannot learn languages as easily...
Learning Languages

September 21, 2025

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

September 14, 2025

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...
Moving to Bali

August 04, 2025

Moving to Bali

5 Reasons I decided to move to Bali My beloved Jarin came over to my place one night in April and carefully asked if I would be interested in moving ...
Iranian American Apologist

January 11, 2025

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

October 08, 2024

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 ...
The Closest Thing to Magic

September 15, 2024

The Closest Thing to Magic

"The closest thing to magic is kindness and the written word." - Bijan I am always looking for new ideas and philosophies that I'm willing to stand o...
My Fitness Journey

September 08, 2024

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

September 01, 2024

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 ...
The Most Important Book I've Read This Year

August 25, 2024

The Most Important Book I've Read This Year

Every now and then you come across a book that changes everything. Atlas of the Heart has recently been that book for me. If you have done any inner ...
Five months without a Smart Phone

May 23, 2024

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

May 13, 2024

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...
Learning from Failure

December 29, 2022

Learning from Failure

Failure is just a stepping stone to success At the end of 2022, I took the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional(https://aws.amazon.com/certif...
Software Delivery

October 01, 2022

Software Delivery

The thing that excites me most in my work is figuring out how to build and maintain better systems to delivery software updates. Below is a Quote fro...