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The OQP Philosophy

The OQP Philosophy

David Goldberg
PERSONAL ENRICHMENT

“With the advent of my 30th birthday, I reflected. I asked myself, why didn’t I get that PhD? How much money am I blowing on booze and take out? Was moving to California the right choice? Why am I always agitated and emotionally drained? These thoughts translated into realizing I’m not happy and I won’t be happy without making some changes. There are good days, bad days, and days where I feel stuck and unable to make significant strides. When memes of fat cats don’t make you happy, it’s time to make some changes, but how? My realization first came through a conversation with a friend.” [780 words]

Anxiety: Ubiquitous Technology Increasing; What do we do?

Anxiety: Ubiquitous Technology Increasing; What do we do?

David Goldberg
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, PEOPLE MATTER

With the prevalence of smartphones and instant gratification, anxiety is becoming more and more common among millennial and future generations. Smartphones allow for us to look up nearly anything available to human knowledge in a few seconds. An unread text message, a ‘read’ text, but no response. These are causing us to develop new avoidance behaviors from ghosting, ignoring friends, and skipping out on social events. At this point, why even read the text if it’s going to cause you harm?