Johnson Kee recently announced 10,000 followers for 100 Naked Words! Such an achievement and one that I am honoured to be a part of. There…
Always forgive your enemies — nothing annoys them so much.Oscar Wilde, 1854–1900
I woke around five am and snuck into the office, wrapping a blanket around my shoulders because it’s cold in there. I…
In the aftermath of the recent presidential election, the Safety Pin movement has found…
If Donald Trump can be president…
F. Scott Fitzgerald said “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the…
I live in a city I wasn’t born into, but feel like I was born for.
A couple of weeks ago I was at the grocery store, Food 4 Less to be exact. I noticed there was a sale on Del Monte brand canned fruit, 10 for $10. I started loading up on canned fruit. Almost 20 cans later I started reading the labels of the generic cans that sat stacked next to the Del…
These days, I just need to sit and think.
I make stuff. Art, design, photography. Mostly, I make money. For my clients. A lot of it. All my current…
This is something a friend of mine has always told me. You aren’t responsible for someone else’s happiness. Likewise, don’t become someone else’s version of happiness. Because their happy might not be your normal.
In June,2015 I quit my previous job in hopes of building a company. And yes we started to build a company, found some clients and mapped our initial…
I need to resist the urge to write such polished pieces in my daily journal. Sure, I should correct spelling and grammar as I go along, but I really shouldn’t fall foul of heavily editing as I write. Yesterday I definitely spent too long on my daily journal. It wasn’t…
The air was brisk. The sky was overcast. The windows were closed. Today was a quiet day for me. I had a few appointments to meet, but, by and large, the day was pretty still. Nonetheless, I sat down and…
Everyday, write down three non-obvious things you are grateful for: waking up to the warmth of three heavy blankets that kept me cozy all night, the taste of shilajit in my tea, the way the sage burns so nicely, the way the sun rose, predictably, the way material items are replaceable…
…unless you happen to be incredibly talented in whatever it is you’re trying to do. This happens once in a while but is more the exception than the rule.
Think about it, as kids learning to ride a bike or swim seemed impossible when we…
You don’t get fit, toned or healthy by completing 30 day or 6 week challenges. Yes, there are very effective marketing campaigns that will tell you otherwise. The truth is, it takes years to reach your goals, with a lot of failing along the way. I’m still failing. The difference now is that I keep…
So, kinda gut wrenching morning.
For those millions of us who haven’t slept well in the week following the US Presidential election,
For the millions of us that struggle for complete thoughts,
For the thousands of us rolling up our sleeves, possibly for the first time,
#20
The world as we know it is changing, irrevocably.
Give the people a voice! Give the people a voice!
And so the people were given a voice.
