Month: February 2025
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In response to A Reflection On Love, Loss, And What Remains “Dearest Emily, Indeed, it was time for me to move on from our life in Vermont. And you’re right, not all love is meant to stay put in one place forever. I know you haven’t made sense of my departure just yet but watch…
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Efficiency has become my number one priority in life. With each passing year, my strictness for efficiency grows. In another article, I plan to explain more in depth my thought process for being more efficient; but here, I want to talk about how I got to this point. Perhaps, my obsession with efficiency is due…
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If my life story were to be published as a paperback novel, it would unfold as an epic tale of drama, strife, and an endless struggle to survive. It would unfold as a riveting saga filled with triumphs, heartbreaks, and an uncanny ability to trip over my own feet at the most inopportune moments. Even…
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Yet another AMAZING video from the incomparable queen of intentional living content, Kate Cassidy! In this video she touches on some incredible points about overcomplicating happiness and how our constant chase for overoptimized perfection often paralyzes us rather than improves our quality of life. Please check out her bi-weekly newsletter on media/tech literacy and personal…
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Everyone is cheaping out, copping out, crapping out, and dropping like flies. There’s no motivation towards doing anything productive, since there is no meaningful incentive to do so. The brilliant among us saw our current dilemmas coming within five to ten years, and now here we are. No one will listen, because why bother? We…
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As the hours pass into darkness, I find myself obscured by the dark shadows of my clouded past. Certainly, there were silver linings to be enjoyed, but for all the rain that pours down upon me, often I find myself still wanting for a cool refreshing rain. Instead, the raindrops felt like little pins and…
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Today, influencers and self-help gurus seem to have become the new prophets. So, it’s almost quaint to consider that our deepest truths might be found in the lyrics of a rock song. Yes, the greatest wisdom of our era isn’t delivered from a mountaintop or between the pages of a bestselling novel. It can come…
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I was taught at many points in my childhood that character determines your fate. The common consensus is that nothing can be truer when it comes to your personal success and happiness. Ultimately, it’s not what you know or even how hard you work that determines your success – it’s who you are. If you…
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For years, I wore my heart on my sleeve. It was obvious when I’d have a bad day. It didn’t seem to be worth the energy to even bother to hide how I really felt. But, it made people become quite leery of me. I was a ticking time bomb about to explode. Still, I tried…
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Most of my creative pursuits have paid me in dust, never in anything so vulgar as money. But for the longest time, I hoped that they’d bring more than just quiet satisfaction, that maybe the world would find value in the things I shaped. I was naive. I hadn’t yet realized that the age of…