Favorite Quotes from The Alchemist

A fable about following your dreams

26. Don’t Stub them embers

Because they burn brighter

Before I went to Singapore, I wrote onto Evernote ‘Things to do in Singapore’. Meditate every single day. Do 20 squats. Write.

On Falling.

I tripped over your picture last night. Looking for one thing and found another. There you were. It was new and you’re never online, a change had to mean something. My heart started beating, I knew what I was about to see. You’d told me, but it never occurred to me to look.

57. What happens backstage?

The work that makes you shine when it counts

The life of a story

I never understood what writers meant when they said stories take a life of their own.

6. If you’re reading this you are in the 2%

Tonight a group of us went for dinner at an ex-colleagues house. It’s only about 20km away from where we stay but it was something of an adventure to get there and back.

#43: Coursera is the GOAT

GOAT = greatest of all time

I had a request a few days ago to talk about some of my experiments in trying to figure out what’s next. This week has been a great week in terms of learning new things, and I wanted to share a little bit about my experience.

I’m calling it a day.

Ok. I tried writing every day on Medium for a few weeks now. I started out writing for a 100nakedwords because I felt I…

Project 365: Day 42 — Act Like A Woman!

“You’re a girl, so act like one!”

“Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t know my vagina came with a Terms and Conditions manual.”

21. Summertime Sadness

June gloom has passed!

It’s official. It’s summer. In San Diego, that can only mean one thing.

It’s tourist season.

From now until Labor Day, our sleepy little beach town becomes one of the top beach…

3. First lesson from a newborn: Humility

I’ve learned many significant lessons in this life thus far. Allowing my ego and pride to fall away is one of them. A recent review-lesson has been humility. This time, rather than from homeless folks, it’s learning from our newborn son. To see the wisdom…

27. Legs

My legs are so tired… I am so tired.

I did so much physical activity today I’m surprised I’m not asleep yet. I miss the days when I’d be forced to run miles upon miles every single morning and afternoon. I was much more fit then. And motivated.