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All Episodes

The Darn Diaries — 114 episodes

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Ep 101. Til' the very end

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Ep 100. Effort, Just Effort

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Ep 99. Just Persevere It

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Ep 98. The Marathon - A Painful Joy

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Ep 97. Restructuring Structure

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Ep 96. A Darnell Special

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Ep 95. Friendly Fire

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Ep 94. Genuine Intentions

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Ep 93. Zero for Comfort Zones

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Ep 92. Expectations Management

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Ep 91. Wonders of the Human Body

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Ep 90. The Wisdom of Humility

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Ep 89. Macro- & Micro-Approaching

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Ep 88. Direction with Intention

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Ep 87. Sacrifice & Ego

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Ep 86. It's Supposed to be Hard

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Ep 85. Making the Most out of Unemployment

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Ep 84. Mastering the Mind

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Ep 83. My 2024 Wrapped

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Ep 82. Importance of Intent

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Ep 81. For the Love of the Game

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Ep 80. 3 Life Lessons to Young Me

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Ep 79. My Love Life History (so far)

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Ep 78. Turning Lemons to Gatorade

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Ep 77. Cheers to Old Friends

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Ep 76. It Gets Better

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Ep 75. Down 21.1K Lane

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Ep 74. Just Keep At It

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Ep 73. When Plan A & B Crashes and Burns

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Ep 72. The Art of Digging Deep

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Ep 71. Living the Vision

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Ep 70. Why I Waited 6 Years to Date

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Ep 69. Re-syncing, Utilizing Time, & Just Ask

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Ep 68. Going the Distance

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Ep 67. Enduring Discipline

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Ep 66*. Enjoy Your Gift

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Ep 65. The Human Need

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Ep 64. Recovery & Changing Sceneries

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Ep 63. The Job Hunt (while freelancing)

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Ep 62*. The Fall of Self-Control

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Ep 61. F for Family

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Ep 60*. Navigating the Romantic Search

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Ep 59. The Human Reset

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Ep 58. Making Sense of Epiphanies

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Ep 57. The Great Social Filtration

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Ep 56*. Appendicitis - A (Super) Close Call

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Ep 55. You’re already someone

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Ep 54*. Whatever it takes

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Ep 53. Personal Project Realities, Screw Stress, & A Life Update

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Ep 52. Meet My (Late) Grandparents

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Ep 51. Double F***, Keep Swinging, & Dating Standards

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Ep 50*. Mini Update, Dating Life Revived, & Discussing Dating Strategy

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Ep 49. Planning Mechanisms, It Works Out Eventually, & Live a Little

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Ep 48. The Job Hunting Mentality

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Ep 47. Finder's Keepers & Make the Time

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Ep 46. Never Forget Them & Creating Thyself

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Ep 45. Advice from the Stranger in Sales

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Ep 44.* Perfect form, Endurance, & It's out there

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Ep 43*. Systemizing Success, Off-positioning, & Micro Progression

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Ep 42. Cherishing Glory, Clean Slate, & De-loading

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Ep 41. The Block, Career Prospects, & Self-Systemizing

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Ep 40*. Adapting to Novelty, Job x Identity & Get Outside

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Ep. 39* Just Show Up & Your Best Looks Different Everyday

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Ep 38. Grad jitters, Maintaining momentum & Balance defined

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Ep 37. It's Official & Remember this

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Ep 36*. De-exaggerating & The Life Update

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Ep 35. Chapter closure, The Climb 2, & Cherish it

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Ep 34*. Thank you, Deciding factor, & Executive Advice

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Ep 33. Get it overwith, Going hybrid, & Exploration

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Ep 32* The Lonely Game, Max Effort & Questioning Faith

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Ep 31. Going Ghost, Redefining Your Best, & Burnout-proof

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Ep. 30 Getting a Grip

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Ep 29. Choosing your circle

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Ep. 28 Taking your time

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Ep 27. The Systematic Approach

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Ep 26. Dear Goodbyes

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Ep 25. Just Wing It

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Ep. 24 End Scene

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Ep 23. Delays, and a Life Update

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Ep. 22 Evolving capabilities, Becoming an Academic Weapon, & Treading Lightly

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Ep 21. Meaning, Winning the majority, and Habits

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Ep 20. Burnout

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Ep 19. Worth the wait, Letting go, & Down memory lane

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Ep 18. Taking on a capstone, & Handling Overworking

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Ep 17. Pursuit of struggle, W/L Balance, & Body-Listening

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Ep 16. Getting past the discomfort, Closing chapters, Never forget

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Ep 15. Why life gets hard, Clean-slate mentality, and Leading project teams

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Ep 14. Through uncertainties, This shall pass, and Before you choose

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Ep 13. Top tips for straight A's, & the Clean Slate Mentality

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Ep 12. Inside the gym rat mind, & First Steps

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Ep 11. Thank you, Making hard choices, & Adulting Scaries

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Ep 10. It all works out in the end, Leveraging anxiety, & Job detachment

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Ep 9. Climbing Everest, The Struggle to Potential, and Making Peace with your Past

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Ep 8. Relationships & Overthinking, and Cutting back Social Media

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Ep 7. Appreciate the mundane, Pinpointing root problems, Attention span fix

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Ep. 6: Finding your breaking point, Tipping the scale, Power of planning, Challenges over comfort

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Ep. 5 Setting the tone, Overcoming overthinking, and a Mini life update

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Ep. 4 Remembering your why

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Ep. 3 What getting covid can teach you

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WeeklySnips #7: The mindset that changed my life perspective

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Ep.2: How I made a comeback from hitting rock bottom

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WeeklySnips #6: The #antiwhatsthepoint episode you need

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WeeklySnips #4: Recentering

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WeeklySnips #3: What a 9-5 feels like

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WeeklySnips #2: The pep talk that got me my job!

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WeeklySnips #1: Be the person you need

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Ep1: My 2021 Takeaways

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Ep7: The Season Farewell

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Ep6: Screwing procrastination, Money & intentions, The future is a compounding interest

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Ep5: The danger of comfort, How to lowkey be lowkey, and Minding your own business

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Ep4: My addiction, make faster choices, and how to NOT fall for someone

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Ep3: Filtering + Context, The Right Path, Beauty in Uncertainty, and How to Avoid Comparison

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Ep2: Parenting & Open-mindedness, The Old and the New, and Why I Started

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Ep1: 2020, A Start.