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2020 year in review

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Matt Chung

Survival First things first: I’m grateful for surviving this difficult, weird and straight-up dystopian year. 2020 was the absolute worst; although the year wil...

Life/Mentorship/Personal Development/Self-Improvement/Thinking out loud

20s for education, 30s for experience, 40s for career.

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Matt Chung

In my mid twenties, I was blessed to receive some of the best career, and quite frankly, life advice. During that period of my life, I was working as a director...

Self-Improvement/Thinking out loud/Writing

Learning how to build a personal brand (two books I picked up)

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Matt Chung

I want to learn how to better market myself and what it means to create my own personal brand and how I might be able to apply these marketing skills in my care...

Mental Health/Organization/Self-Improvement/Weekly Reviews

Losing 2 hours searching for a website bookmark & Weekly Review: week ending in 2020/09/06

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Matt Chung

My weekly review that normally takes place first thing in the morning on Sundays was completely derailed this time around, all because I could find the URL to a...

Life/Mentorship/Self-Improvement/Writing

Quotes from “My life story” by Veritasium

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Matt Chung

During some down time this evening, I watched the below YouTube video clip filmed and produced by Veritasium and I absolutely loved hearing about his journey, e...

Mental Health/Organization/Self-Improvement/Weekly Reviews

Weekly Review – Week ending in 2020/09/06

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Matt Chung

Writing I’m getting much more comfortable with publishing blog posts that are not completely polished. The fear of letting the world see less my less the ...

Guitar/Self-Improvement/Weekly Reviews

Weekly Review – Week ending in 2020/08/30

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Matt Chung

Writing Developed a manageable cadence of blogging a single blog post every day, most of them daily reviews or notes taken during advanced operating systems Wri...

Featured/Mental Health/Self-Improvement/Time Management

My time management tip #1 – Pomodoro Technique

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Matt Chung

Since the pandemic hit the states back in February this year, I’ve been working remotely from home (such a blessing and a serious privilege). Working from...

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Guitar/Self-Improvement

Fear is a Guide

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Matt Chung

While driving to my tennis lesson, I listened to Jared’s (my guitar instructor) video on “Fear is a Guide” and I must say that I love the new ...

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