The Ecuadorian Library

or, The Blast Shack After Three Years

Why Engineers Are Poorly Paid Professionals

Specialized skills that can be narrowly applied…

If you could give a new college student only one piece of advice on where to major to make a good living working for a progressive company, what…

Quip’ing on Quip

A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion

Two Lifehacks That Will Get People To Like You

I’m taking a day off from writing about crying on the floor. I feel like I’ve…

This is what Self-Directed Learning looks like

Or, how I learned how to learn

When people hear the words “self-directed learning”, taking online classes and reading books usually comes to mind. However, in my experience, these aren’t as…

Be Honest: Are You Rejecting Yourself?

Something unexpected happened recently. I started getting more visitors to my website from Google.

In fact, if you search the phrase “how to stop procrastinating” in Google right now, then you will probably see this article on the first…

Numbers Are Arbitrary

Thoughts from a Recovering Bulimic

One of the first questions my therapist ever asked me during recovery was, on a scale of one to ten, what proportion of my thoughts were occupied with body image. For far too long I was hovering around eight…

Staring into the Abyss (of Television)

An Open Letter to Hailed and Excellent, But Very Dark, TV Series

Dear writers, actors, and production crew of highly acclaimed shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Hannibal, and Dexter—

Orders of Protection and You 

A Guide to the Strangest Court in the Land, Part One 

To Improve Your Work, Stop Working

Create a virtuous cycle of balance, career improvement, and…

Why the Moto X Phone Isn’t All They’re Cracking it up to be