Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Stay Grounded A personal blog ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://jcornejo.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Re: The Best Short Stories by Jack London](https://jcornejo.com/2026/04/18/re-the-best-short-stories-by-jack-london/) - Book Serendipity I first heard about Jack London when I was reading the book Into The Wild—I wrote a blog post about it over here https://jcornejo.com/2025/10/18/re-into-the-wild-by-jon-krakauer/ —since then, I’ve been curious about reading stories from Jack London. Finding this book wasn’t an easy task. I didn’t want to buy it online; I wanted to find - [Re: The Dialogues of Plato](https://jcornejo.com/2026/02/08/re-the-dialogues-of-plato/) - I moved to New York in November 2016. During the first month, I stayed in Brooklyn, at an apartment of an acquaintance of mine—although we weren’t close as friends. I was allowed to sleep in the living room while I was looking for a shared apartment. She brought me to her... - [Re: On Death And Dying by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://jcornejo.com/2025/12/17/re-on-death-and-dying-by-dr-elisabeth-kubler-ross/) - Walking in downtown Santa Cruz, I made a stop at the bookstore “Bookshop Santa Cruz“ for a quick browse. I wasn’t looking for anything specific. I stepped in, walked past the front desk, made a left, and started randomly checking out a mid size cart containing used non-fiction books. At first sight, my eyes were - [Re: Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer](https://jcornejo.com/2025/10/18/re-into-the-wild-by-jon-krakauer/) - Personal Context I was finishing my road trip that I started a month ago, before buying this book. I found it in a bookstore in San Diego, Verbatim Books. The title of this book, “Into The Wild”, caught my attention. I just came from spending a month between car camping and low cost lodging. I - [Is AI Causing Rust To Our Critical Thinking?](https://jcornejo.com/2025/07/21/is-ai-causing-rust-to-our-critical-thinking/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is proving to be a significant catalyst for various aspects of our professional and personal lives. It is being subtly incorporated into our electronic devices and online services that we use, making its use part of our daily routine without us even noticing it. For example, try looking online on your browser - [Willingness must come from oneself first](https://jcornejo.com/2024/06/02/willingness-must-come-from-oneself-first/) - On infrequent occasions, somebody will push you to achieve your goals, especially when it involves personal investments out of what most people consider "worth trying" (unless it's its job to do so and it's being paid for). Even if it's a family member, an excellent close friend, or your partner who ideally might happen to - [Re: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning](https://jcornejo.com/2024/06/12/re-pragmatic-thinking-and-learning/) - What does pragmatic thinking mean? It's not just about being practical instead of theoretical. It's about gaining a better sense of reality, which can be incredibly empowering. Theory is crucial, as it mentally represents the concepts needed to approach new learnings or any given problem. But a practical approach, with its focus on reality, can - [Re: Atomic Habits](https://jcornejo.com/2024/06/15/re-atomic-habits/) - I finished reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. It is eye-opening and straight to the point. I like the organization of the content and how each chapter has been developed. James set four stages to serve you as a guide in your journey of developing new habits (or breaking bad ones.) Those stages - [4 Places To Visit In Cadiz Province This September.](https://jcornejo.com/2024/08/06/4-places-to-visit-in-cadiz-province-this-september/) - Why September?Cádiz CitySan FernandoEl Palmar de VejerVejer De La Frontera Cádiz Province is one of Spain and Europe's most popular travel destinations in the south of Andalusia! It offers a wide variety of options to satisfy all your desires. Clean sandy beaches are perfect for relaxing, practicing yoga at sunrise/sunset, or hitting waves on a - [A Road Trip To Unwind And Discover Southern Andalusia](https://jcornejo.com/2024/09/26/a-road-trip-to-unwind-and-discover-southern-andalusia/) - CadizSevilleGranadaMalaga In this post, I intend to inspire you to go on a road trip to get a taste of southern Andalusia! I will cover the capital cities of four of the eight provinces that together form Andalusia. 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