Life of a vessel: Recent Episodes

Renelo Peque

Random discussions about life and learning

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I share with you what I did when I was faced with a decision to do or not to do something.

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This is the last part of Chapter 2 review of Mark Manson's Everything is F***.

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This is what I do when I can't sleep.

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I share about how we can alleviate some of our fears and anxieties during lockdown in Melbourne, Australia.

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I talk about what freedoms are being curtailed in the name of public health by imposing lock-down and other restrictions not just in Melbourne, Australia but worldwide particularly in democratic societies.

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I gave a brief reflection on what I learned about the show and my plan to write a book to be realised in 2022.

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We continue the second part of the Chapter 2 review of Everything is F***.

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We continue on Chapter 2 of the Everything is F***. This chapter review needs to be broken down into a number of parts. This is the first one.

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We start a new book review of the book Everything is F*** by Mark Manson. This is Chapter 1 of Part 1.

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I share with you what I do before I start working on a Monday morning.

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This is my thought process in deciding to get a pet or not.

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This is my approach in reading books.

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We review the last part of Book 1, Chapter 10. The version of my book skipped Chapter 9 and went straight from Chapter 8 to Chapter 10. So, this is the last review for Book 1. We might another book or do something else rather than continue on Book 2.

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We continue the review of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and we're up to Chapter 8.

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My body clock is still stuffed.

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It gets very technical in Chapter 7 of Book 1 as Adam Smith explains the mechanics of the price in response to the market forces including effectual demand, although there was not much jargon so it's a positive note on that regard.

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DST is throwing out my body clock and weekly routine.

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We continue the economics classic book review of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. We are not in Chapter 6 of Book 1.

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We continue the economics classic book review of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. We are not in Chapter 5 of Book 1.

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We continue with Chapter 4 of Book 1 of Adam Smith's economics classic book The Wealth of Nations.

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We continue Chapter 3 of Book 1 review of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations.

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We review Chapter 2 of Book 1 of the economic classic book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

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We review Chapter 1 of Book 1 of the economic classic book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

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I share with you how I approach my goals in general.

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We review Chapter 9 (last chapter) of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review Chapter 8 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review Chapter 7 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review the last part of Chapter 6 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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Just a reflection of my time in Denmark when I went there to live and study.

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We review the third part of Chapter 6 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review the second part of Chapter 6 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review the first part of Chapter 6 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review the third and last part of Chapter 5 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review the second part of Chapter 5 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review the first part of Chapter 5 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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Just talking about stress

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We continue the book review of the New York Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*** Review - Chapter 4.

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We review Chapter 3 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review Chapter 2 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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We review Chapter 1 of the New Your Times Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

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Be careful about reading modern books.

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One of the things that you consider when you move for studies is logistics.

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I share my little trick on how to deal with Mondays.

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We talk about the Danish lifestyle and how we can learn from it.

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I talk about living a simple life.

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What to do when you're down so you can get back up.

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We discuss about the relationship of these two concepts.

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The importance of rest day.

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Let's talk about life and adventure.

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Let's start something new.

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We quickly talk about what the meaning of life is.

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I want to know more about why it is a good or not so good investment.

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I briefly explain about how to be mindful of what you're listening or watching online that can affect the way you think particularly if it's coming from well-know personalities.

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I go through my reasons of why I joined the gym.

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I share about what writing things down do in your life.

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This is how I arrived at the conclusion of whether or not to get vaccinated.

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I quickly talk about how I keep my motivation during the time when I wanted to give up or get distracted.

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I talk about how to navigate life whether you need to get a job or start your own business.

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I talk about how we spend more time criticising others than examining our ourselves, myself included.

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I share 5 things that I used to deal with recurring lockdowns in Melbourne to maintain your sanity. Hope you find them useful. Thank you

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I had a discussion with my friend Mel about the book 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' and life in general during the pandemic.

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In this episode, I talk about things we can do during the coronavirus isolation period. I also talk about when we can expect the restrictions to be lifted.

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I had a quick chat with Bradman Z about how we feel about the current restrictions imposed by the government due to Coronavirus. As of the time of the podcast (14th Apr 2020), there have been 61 deaths in Australia and 6,400 confirmed cases.

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This is the second part of the learning techniques series. In this short episode, I talked about the importance of knowing the constraints or parameters you have when you decide to go to university. 

Thank you for the music courtesy of fennec beats with the song New Happy Day

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This is the first episode of the learning techniques series that I will be doing in the next few weeks. I recommend this to university students, even high school students and any student for that matter. You will have better results and greater fulfilment if you know the 'why' behind what you're doing. It is more important to have meaning than just doing 'the thing.' 

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In this episode, I sat with brothers Samuel and Abraham to talk about their concept of what a good life is. Towards the end, we realised that we've been asking the wrong question and came up with a better question that is more meaningful.

Samuel is in his third year of nursing degree and Abraham has just finished Bible School.

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I sat with Abraham P on New Year's Day and discussed about creation of evil, Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden, fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the desire to be more than God, morality, climate change, bush fires and the continuing journey of navigating life. Abraham recently completed (2019) a year of study of Planetshakers Bible College.

Thank you for the music courtesy of fennec beats with the song New Happy Day.

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In this episode, I sat down with Rhett, a business owner based in Melbourne, who did his own independent research about nutrition and ketogenic diet after his brain diagnosis. This was recorded at a hotel cafe so apologies for the background noise.

Thank you for the music courtesy of fennec beats with the song New Happy Day.

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I sat with Brad, a year 7 (13 years old) student from Melbourne , Australia and discussed about various topics including happiness, success, climate change, Greta Thunberg, meaning of life, social media, making friends, siblings, setting goals and New Year's resolution. It was interesting getting the perspective of a school kid about different issues.

Thank you for the music courtesy of fennec beats with the song New Happy Day.

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In this first episode, we discussed about success, happiness, meaning of life, existentialism, principle of exhaustion, making friends, studying overseas on exchange, ending friendships and the question 'why are you here?'

Thank you for the music courtesy of fennec beats with the song New Happy Day.