Author: ooliviacrowley
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Jiu Jitsu Training. Wednesday, May 22nd. Takedowns.
As a continuation of my public notebook: I started a new daily blogging challenge to begin solidifying the learning that I’m doing while training jiu jitsu. Every day I will be doing a recap of what was done in class, what I liked & didn’t like, how my rolling (freeform…
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Jiu Jitsu Training. Tuesday, May 21st. Z-Guard.
Hi, I’m starting a new daily blogging challenge to begin solidifying the learning that I’m doing while training jiu jitsu. Every day I will be doing a recap of what was done in class, what I liked & didn’t like, how my rolling (freeform fighting) went afterwards, and my overarching…
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My End of Praxis Reflection
Continuing on theme of documenting my work over the past nine months, I am following up with a personal reflection of my development in the Praxis program. What I’ve Created: Phase One: Career Foundations Phase Two Content Marketing I spent my content marketing month, foremost, understanding what content marketing is.…
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My Praxis Capstone Documentation
Finishing up my 9-months of learning mentorship at Praxis, this post serves as a final documentation of my last three months of the program. My (Original) Capstone Plan Walking into my last three months of Praxis, I felt increasingly concerned about my lack of direction and next steps. I opted…
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My Month Of Storytelling: A Story About What I Learned
Beginning my Praxis capstone, I set out on a month of strengthening my skills in storytelling. I see storytelling as a basis of everything we do, it’s creative, it’s fun, and it strengthens my marketing, communication, and critical thinking skills. In this post I’m going to spend some time going…
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The Influence of Body Language and Emotional Energy on Mutual Respect
Right now I work in a health food store. This primarily consists of me being in the kitchen, but one day a week I’m scheduled up front at the register. It’s a small, locally owned grocery store with a register that needs a lot done by hand as opposed to…
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I Killed All of My Plants
At one point in my life I had a huge passion for the study of plants. Sparked by my years of working in a commercial greenhouse, I came to fascination with how plants worked. In this time I amassed a large personal collection of houseplants. Some would call it hoarding,…
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Conditioning for the Appalachian Trail: A Thought While Hiking
A big part of conditioning for my 5-month trek in May has been loading my backpack up with 20-30lb of weight and exploring random trails. When trying a new trail, something that I have noticed about myself is that when a weird turn in the road comes, I don’t see…
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Two Small & Random Ideas
As of recently my brain has been continuously spurting out ideas that I’m forced to write down as quickly as possible before forgetting. As they continue to build up–I wanted to write a quick piece on two completely random, unrelated ideas that will probably be making it out of the…
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5 Takeaways from “Keep Going” by Austin Kleon
I greatly prefer paper books over digital, but today I found myself unexpectedly buying and reading: “Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad” by Austin Kleon online. To cement my reading I’ve put together 5 (kind of random) takeaways for you, big and small. For…
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