We have all been there. A time, a position, where we look at the mirror, or maybe just ask ourselves- “Why am I…
Oh good lord, here comes a hate speech filled tirade. Now we’re attacking poor people? More on that in a moment.
In this post, I am going to unlock the world to you if it hasn’t been done yet. I am going to give you the tools that can either change your world or…
In elementary school I was read the story of “Sour grapes”, for some reason it has stuck with me over the years. For…
Guilt is a social construct. We learn to feel guilt when we have violated an ethical or moral directive. I forgot to call my mom on her birthday, therefore she felt unloved, therefore I am the source of her feeling, therefore I should take her bad feeling away, but I can’t, so I’m going to feel bad. It’s a…
“Go to Valparaiso,” they said. “Valpo,” they called it. These were the Chileans I’d met in Santiago…
We chatted with James, former Sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces, current NYU…
This blog post was originally supposed to re-introduce me to blogging but then Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice…
Imagine waking up to a winter morning. You are sitting on a wooden bench, with coffee in one hand, and many memories…
Curt is literally two of me.
Faz um tempo que voltei a andar de skate. Já com 30 e poucos anos, comprei um skate e…
I recently attended a conference where one of the presenters discussed the book 35 Dumb Things Well-Intended…
This week, I competed in YMCA Nationals in North Carolina. I swam an event every day…
I want to write more, and I’ve been avoiding it. There are so many things to distract me, like watching basketball…
I love you. So stay.
Six months ago, I abandoned this story. It wasn’t because it was complete, it was because it started creating visibility in my life. It was revealing parts of me that were tender and raw, that were vulnerable and sensitive when touched. It opened Pandora’s box to my past and pouring out of it was an authentic expression of the self, something I’ve…
Keep Your Personal Life Personal.
This wisdom was passed on to me by my grandmother:
… age and maturity do not come hand in hand.
… 나이와 성숙도는 함께 오지 않는다
A lot of noise has filled my “busy” days these last few weeks.I have been avoiding this conversation with myself, to look…
It’s baseball season again, which means that on most days between the hours of 7–10pm I will be glued to my phone/the nearest TV to check on the score of the Angel game. (By all predictions for the 2016 season, that sentence should maybe read “check to see how badly the Angels are losing to…
Damn it. Damn you. I wish we could find a way. Find a way to get rid of you but that isn’t happening…
Not too long ago, I put together a free report for visitors of my website.
In that report I talk about the three things you can do to ease the chaos in your mind.
It’s early Sunday morning. I’ve barely had coffee, walked the dog, ate breakfast, took vitamins and here I sit thinking about FEAR. False evidence appearing real.
Fear is driven by the ego as you can see below.
I’ve been struggling with my emotions lately, as I have done quite a few times before. I haven’t been quite sure of what I want, and what is right — and this has affected my life, as well as those who are in my emotional purview, adversely. I don’t know…
By DuRae O’Shea Wilkinson
I smile but you don't smile.
My family — my husband, my son and myself — have been spending our summers at our little piece of property out in the Swedish…
Today I first came across the term “bid” or “Gottman Bids“, as a way to interpret handling a potential conflict situation. Handling things in the moment, during the heat of an instance, a triggering, or some kind…
I wake up
I can’t feel
I hate my body. I really do. Something to do with being too long and too wide…
Tell me that I can’t do something. Just go on, try it!! I’m not going to take your opinion on it, unless I really take it up.
This is the century of unique innovations, and unorthodox possibilities. An engineer graduate can diversify, and become…
I feel like these kinds of questions are asked of me at all the wrong times; when I’m asked about my troubles, I’m at my least troubled. Some may say that’s a good thing…
I’ll waddle up to children and they’ll all run and scream
I attended a wedding yesterday. Not sure I would have forgiven myself if I had missed out. I am saying so because it was…
Fixed vs. Growth? It’s all in the mind…
The excitement of being accepted to The Iron Yard has not won off yet surprisingly. I guess when I saw the amount of pre-work I have to complete before class starts in May, there was no time…
You know, I always begin with the premise that I have tried to deal with my personal issues in a more pleasant or in a rather healthier way. Do I often succeed? Well we all know the answer to that question. One particular thing that I have is I ultimately refuse to be open. Every time I somewhat crack my wounds…
I was on the receiving end of this glib cliche yesterday, and the first thing I felt was frustration. “Chin up? Seriously?” This person certainly meant well, but clearly had no idea of the complex and opaque intricacies of depression. If they had, they’d know that a cute idiom like “chin up” was about as…
Dear Shuge,
You really screwed up this past month. Pull yourself up together.
You’ve stopped caring. Stopped doing your homework. Stopped doing your commitments. Stopped doing the things you love.
This is a fact that people are more interested in themselves and the stories related to them. The reason to be an active listener…
So much of what you say, do and feel is layered over by the bullshit narrative we make up about yourself.
It is high time you break free and let your authentic self shine through.
Loss
Pain is not a foreign sensation. Heartbreak, injury, torment, jealousy. A wide array of feelings and emotions have come and gone. But the greatest agony is loss. A friend, family or just someone you once looked up to.
I moved to Prague when I was six. My parents owned shops in the Vietnamese trading center, which was basically a small Vietnamese town where the Vietnamese from every corner of the country reunited. I often imagined that the center was a labyrinth, as one could easily get lost in the myriads…
Sometimes, when life gives you lemons, and then you fail to make lemonade, thus making your day turn sour. Apparently, when the altitude goes higher, the attitudes are also affected. It became as lofty too.
I’m not a rebel, really. When I’m building something from Ikea, I lay everything out while I read…
La capacidad de cambiar de un estado mental negativo a uno mas saludable, mas positivo…
by Roberto A. Diaz
Gone is the child of yesteryear
Today I’m going to speak candidly and strongly to you….yes you my friend. Where are you in your life right now? What are you presently doing with your life? What dreams, goals or aspirations are you working on? What successes are you…
Let’s talk about relationships. I’m going to refer back to my short excerpt “People are Like Flowers”. Humans are like flowers. We grow and go through different phases. In relationships, we go through phases as we age.
On December 28, 1986 Calvin declares, “Toboggans give better rides than runner…
This is such a controversial topic. There are many people out there who preach planning long term.
When I was 15–16, a couple of years ago I always tried to plan ahead and was really disappointed when something did not work out. 4 years later I’ve achieved 100x more than I expected and am in a position which I never imagined…
In the last post, I stressed on the importance of just showing up every time you can or are required to. Here is the icing on the cake…
Ultimamente ando me perguntando porque as coisas não vem dado certo ou nem se quer começado. Algumas vezes chego a pensar que fiz algo de errado, mas logo me lembro que se não…
During a conversation with my dear girlfriend I said a phrase, it felt like a bomb dropped in me right after I verbalized my thoughts, almost an epiphany. Indeed an epiphany. And it sounded like this;
Some ask for a peace of mind, and some…
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? ~ Rumi
I realize I have been waiting most of my adult life for the solution to go from zero to hero in a second. I am now 35 and it has been over a decade of waiting and daydreaming. It seems the…
Responsibility, for yourself and your actions, is significant for personal growth. When you realize who you are and what you’re capable of achieving in this life is up to your own power, you will deliberately develop skills that will lead to…
Ha – it’s not just technology to be blamed, it’s coupled with how we have built our schools around. Weapons of mass instruction is a good read to understand the mob mentality!
Imagine that we are rats confined to one peace of land. However, at times we are transported to distant places by logs being moved by water.
As we define our lives, more importantly, I find it hard to think of ourselves as dearer than rats.
If I could talk to my son, what would he say? I often ask myself this question. I like to think that he would ask the same questions that a typically developed 8 year old would ask. Why is the sky blue. Why is dads hair grey. I think he would ask all of the questions that he hasn’t…
You know what is weird? Feelings.
It is so fucking insane how intense they can be…I mean, doesn’t matter to whom. Friends, family or even a random stranger you fall in love to.
Basic differenece between a company and passion.
a. The interaction of the fives sense with the outside.
i. What we see, feel, hear, taste, and smell leads to a definite feeling. Mostly, the attraction is…
Everywhere, at each moment, you have the option: to accept this event with humility [will]; to treat this person…
I happen to be reading 3 books this week — and its a delightful and satisying experience. Mind you - this is not multi-tasking. I read but one book at a time, put it down, reflect on it and pick up another later in the day. This method wouldn’t work for fiction — at least i wouldnt have the self-control to put a fast-paced book down; but it works…
And yes; sadness is as well a need.
We cannot laugh the whole life, we cannot be happy until we die. Because life matters when we could value all the…
I have been thinking about the widely held idea that good art can only come from deep pain and I have rebelled against this idea since I heard it but it keeps coming back when I…
What will be, will be…
Had a blog by that name once.
We are here in this beautiful universe to be the best version of ourselves!…in the way we encounter many obstacles. The key to live happy and in…
Societal expectations vs you
Often times we feel obligated into morphing ourselves in certain way to fit into societal expectations. How we behave, how we talk, how we look like – all of which seem like an automated response to be like, just like the rest of the world.
Ok so I’ve decided to start blogging. I need a way to express my feelings and sometimes I feel like I don’t care. So what better than to right my thoughts and feelings down! I don’t really know what to expect upon embarking this journey, I just hope that having some platform to vent might help my current situation.
Your loose lips sink the weighty ships of my heart
Silently they go into the dark deep of my mind
Weighed down by ideas of love, romance, and tolerance
Kept down in the dark by a world that fed those ideas back to me faster than I could realise
I … am a smoker. Or was, given the patterns of late. It’s been a few years since I began my long divorce with cigarettes.
“What is your biggest fear?”
Not being able to live out every little part of this life that I want to. Waking up one day realizing it’s too late. Realizing that I didn’t go on that amazing road trip with my friends, that I didn’t get the best kiss…
The illusion of Separation brings with it the belief that an Other can take from you, more than you can or want to give. Fear then creates a barrier between you and the Other as you fight to maintain your sense of self.
You are alive and you can read this, be thankful, there is a lot of dead forgotten people out there.
You can think and distinguish between the bad and the good, you are not fool, be thankful.
Hey Daniel, thank you for the experience. Yes, I believe emotion is the future, current and past of design, it has always been the interface to a humans connectivity with respective subjects. Great reading!
I had wanted to drive in the afternoon on Sunday unfortunately I needed my nap and followed by Dad’s birthday party… so I started driving at 9.30pm.. Figured I could pick up 5 rides before midnight. Boy! Was I wrong…
You couldn’t have said it better. Creativity doesn’t come forced, but it’ll join you when your mind is on the flow.
Oh, how I’ve procrastinated, year after year, like I fear words or lines of code. But I’ve become better at just getting things done, instead of the endless organizing cycle. Productivity comes from less, not more.
Life facts from a 28 year old Nigerian husband/father/techie.
If you are feeling stuck
Unfortunately to you, there ARE objective truths, there ARE right and wrong behaviors based on an “inconvenient” truth called REALITY.
YOLO!!!! HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO FOLLOW IT...
Hi.... Me back after a gap of 5 years... Gained a lot of experience and knowledge and in the final verge of finishing my MDS. All these years it got me thinking.. Yolo.. You only live ones... It's must easier said then followed... As much as tempting it may sounds.. It's very…
Three Dog Night is singing An Old Fashioned Love Song and I am seated again, breathing a little bit harder…
Amazingly written article! Really refreshed my mind on a Sunday morning like this! Thank you very much.
Dear pup(yes, I still hold on to that name, that and the others)
I still can’t let go.
I still can’t forget.
You must have forgotten.
I think people should treat everyone the same despite or relationship with human being. At this generation people spent time more with their…
I’ve asked to many people “what should I do?” to many times.
I believe that most of us know what the answer is and just want reassurance or even some one to talk us out of making a decision so that the responsibility of that decision can be shifted to them and if things…
I often had the same thought but in my mid-20s. I just began to assume that life really began when you left behind your 20s and entered your 30s; all fun and games and mistakes were over at that time, and you better have your ish together. I’m now 30, and I still feel like I’m waiting for my life to begin, even while raising a 5-year-old. I have to…
April 10, 2016–9 miles
Enjoyed yesterday so much I wish it had never ended. It’s one of those days when you are with…
I’m sticking around, but I have to say you are right on…
“10 ways to score hotties”
“69 ways to ditch your girlfriend”
et cetera
[P] happen.”
ALL HAIL HUMBLE SECURITY
I know what you mean with this article.
I sometimes feel really insecure and I think it’s a part of me that can bring me down too much that I could stop believing in myself. And sure, a big part of that secure people have bad intentions and believe they are the best, due to…
