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Knowledge and Career In the past, I used to have some personality characteristics that were maladaptive. I used to be much more irritable, easily angered, bad- tempered and moody. Meditation has helped to improve these problems. My parents first noted that I was a much nicer person to be with after I had been meditating for some time. Because of meditation, I started to avoid drinking alcohol, even before I understood the five precepts. I felt that drinking alcohol made my meditation less clear, which led me to decrease and eventually stop drinking alcohol, after I learned more about Buddhist morality. Another way in which meditation has helped me is that I have become less impulsive. In the past, I used to make decisions without thinking very much, or make reckless monetary purchases, without fully considering whether I needed them 103