They say “write what you know,” so here’s this:
A couple of days ago I was co-hosting a live stream of War Robots, an online PvP mobile game that…
I was rummaging through my parents basement. Other than my travel gear (a Thule backpack designed for digital nomads and my roll along carry-on suitcase) I own very few things. In my parents basement there are 4 tubs of…
“I thought I did everything right in life,” he said gripping his hair in his palms. “An ivy league school, a…
My mom wrote me an email ten years ago today.
It was a particularly normal email. With its subject line of “Durham NC vs Duke,” she recounted her experience listening to a news story on NPR which was pretty hot at the time: an African-American woman accused three student athletes from…
Life is a journey full of ups and downs. This roller coaster ride teaches us some key lessons from…
Whenever I take a careful look, I am always emotionally impacted by the internal life of Jesus. The…
“How can I deal with my stress?”, “How can I stay relaxed?”, “What’s the secret to inner peace?”.
I get a lot of questions around this topic.
These are good questions, but they are hard to answer. Actually, every person needs to…
You have some very inspiring words, and alot of that really does make sense, but I am a firm believer that there’s a big difference between relaxing, and “chilling” or being “chill” , because most of the time you are talking about guys that don’t want to move things forward,
by Cynthia Kazandjian
Nedra: “The thing I really would like to know is, must…
Добрый день, мои дорогие читатели! Продолжаю своё маленькое путешествие по миру coub.com. Как по мне, так я очень люблю смотреть ленту, ведь в ней я сразу вижу новые коубы тех авторов, на кого я подписался и те коубы, что они рекобнули. Уже после поглощения ленты до…
I’m a firm believer that all human beings have potential to do great things. The…
So how does a highly sensitive, over-thinking perfectionist go about writing her first creative article to put out into the world? First, spend hours mulling over what to write. Second, spend hours scrolling through all the articles on Medium…
Katrina is a communication coach and founder of communicationfornerds.com where she helps “nerds” build social confidence & live their best lives.
Wherever we go on the globe, people are very different in their views and lifestyles. In order to…
A few weeks ago I had a colleague contact me to ask if I would mind speaking to their mentee. It turns out their mentee has a learning disability and was really struggling to find a promotion or development opportunity and thought their disability was holding them back.
No one likes uncertainty. We want to control and predict every aspect of our lives. Everyday we take actions to reduce the risk of uncertainty. Not sure what to do? Just ask Google. Not…
A few nights ago, a dear friend came over to talk. So we did. We spoke about the work we do, the life we want to live and the relationships that we are too afraid to take a chance with.
Your days at university can be some of the most varied and fun filled days of your life. But all too soon they’re over…
The fox continued….
By Albert Alvarado
When I was a child, I asked my parents one question every night before going to sleep.
Congratulations on your new job, Ellie Guzman! Whichever you choose to do first — attend school to become a…
It isn’t worth beating yourself over something you can’t control.
Mesai bitişi 7 civarı Kadıköy’de taksi bulmanın ne zor olduğunu bilirsiniz. Tereddütsüz beni arabasına alan…
Once upon a time, there was a little ship named Charles. Charles was small and powerful, charging over great waves…
5 Life Lessons I Learned When Paying Off $56,000 of Debt
I thought paying off $56,000 in debt would be an accomplishment on its own. Little did I know the major life lessons that I would learn from the process of paying off debt.
In a past story here on Medium I wrote about my definition of entrepreneurial…
This Could be your last day of Life..
Last year you are breathing in this beautiful but ugly world.
Every moment matters, every hour, every day.
I thought, Hey, since the four years are almost over, the time spent here deserve an article.
First, I met a lot of people, everybody a different shade:
If you could be reborn again, what would you come back as? This is not an if, but a what. Would you come back as yourself? I’d come back as…
“My heart does not bleed,” wrote a neighbor on NextDoor, a social media network that connects communities. He wrote this in response to a recent crime reported on the site, one of several, both petty and violent, happening in our neighborhood as of…
Are you an angry bos taurus or a chilled-out panda?
Time is limited. So live a little.
시간은 한정되어있다. 그러니까 조금 살아보라고 말하고 싶다.
Forgive yourself. There will be times where you will stumble and regret past decisions but come to peace with those decisions. You are not those decisions. You are the person who has learned from those decisions — and if you process them correctly, you can achieve anything you want. There were months where I wasn’t sleeping due to decisions I’ve made…
Stephanie,
Shortly before he passed, your brother did a radio interview where he discussed, amongst many other things, his addiction. It effected me very deeply. I have also struggled deeply with addiction but I related even more to the kind of mind and personality that he had. I could relate to the refreshing lack of…
Wayne Dyer said that if gratitude is your only prayer, that will suffice. I realise that our…
Today I saw a lot of old friends at Run Dem Crew.
It’s the Tuesday immediately after The Best Race in The World and housekeeping with Charlie Dark is always something special after a Sunday like that. I wasn’t really prepared for what the night had in store for me though.
I’ve been dating since I was 15. That is a long-time journey and for me was a hard one until here. ’Cause…
There’s this song that says “Good girls ain’t no fun and the bad girls ain’t no good.” I understand what the singer is trying to convey by saying that. I myself have in the past been into the so called ‘bad girl’ years back. You know the ones who will eat you alive from the…
Just think of it this way:
I’ve always loved traveling and exploring the world. Searching unfamiliar places and discovering unexpected locations is all…
Today I learned that some people think they’re made of glass.
As as admissions officer, have you ever regretted rejecting a student after seeing them succeed at…
-but don’t worry it’s okay we all did It. Now let’s fix that, it’s easy as pie.
Today is just a normal Monday morning. Or so I thought, until I realised I left my phone at home. No problem either, I thought, again, until a friend asked me if I had heard about how Obama had asked Britain to remain in the EU. He somehow soft-soaped them by saying how they perform…
Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t– you’re right. ― Henry Ford
Prompted by a reading where the Wheel of Fortune featured into it, I devised a Tarot game based on these two questions:
“I like your accent.”
“You have nice eyes.”
“You seem really smart.”
No, she doesn’t. She seems dumb as a rock, and I’m just about ready to say so. We freshmen have had group-building exercises all morning, with pizza vouchers…
Everyday there are new articles that we need to read on how to be smarter, more productive and make better decisions.
As I write this at 10am, I’ve already counted 13 new articles on Lifehacker promising me the secrets…
That’s an apt comparison, Ben. It’s shocking but also shockingly true.
The argument put another way is that a paycheque is not a reward,but the work itself is a reward. Just being able to do work you love is the prize — the money is icing on the cake.
Thanks for the post, Ben, and the great content.
個人として成長することは、2つに分かれる。1つは、新しい刺激があって、自分の引き出しが増えること。もう一点は、1つのことを突き詰めることで、引き出しの中に収納場所をいくつも作っていくことである。
You grow up dreaming someday everything will change
and you will be successful, everyone will be praising you
Be with right kind of person, for whom you mean the world. The person whose actions are more meaningful than the words. The person who knows you inside out and still loves you unconditionally. The person who have and will always do the best for you. The person whose purpose of life is to make you happy…
How Paris and Ayn taught me to be an asshole and why it’s a good thing, 2013
As a 16 year old I adopted the doctrine “Never Apologize.” I stole it from a Julia Child movie after falling in love with the character’s charisma, wit and unabashed originality. I strove to be as unique, as fiery and as passionate. But, inevitably…
What I think you haven’t considered is that it might not be about this ONE man I am talking to, it might be about something else, someone else, entirely.
You would have seen the photograph above. What was your first thought? Did the innocent joyful smile of the child bring one to your lips…
Adjusting to new happenings that decide to come your way is how you remain successful. If you don’t…
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
“I’m fine.”
It’s odd to think how such a small and innocuous statement can hide such an ocean of…
If I would’ve written about bright sides of a life as IT professional in India, that would’ve been short — — What Life??? hahahaha!!! dying of laughs..
Well, here’s the list for the dark side :-
I should be trying to sleep.
We all have a unique story about ourselves as we have all grown in different environments, even brothers and sisters under the same household have a different environment to each other.
“You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the…
Confusion is similar to a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece represents an action or words…
I’ve spent this entire last semester working on my writing skills, searching the inner depths of my mind and my emotions for stories to tell everyone — whether they care to read them or not. It’s been a fun, enlightening experience to say the least. I can remember the blog posts that my…
This is from a talk I gave last night at the University of Toledo for the Student Organization Awards banquet, where I served as keynote.
I typically don’t write out talks that I give as I’m more comfortable in ‘feel the energy of the audience’ and ‘read my crowd’…
PUBLISHED APRIL 26, 2016 by LEFTAT50
Such wonderful advice! My son is about to graduate from high school. He leaves June 14 for basic training in USAF. I’ve been writing letters in a journal I keep just for him. It’s something he can take with him and keep always. This is exactly the kind of advice I’d like to include. If you don’t mind, I’d like your permission to write your advice in a letter to my son.
During the last weeks of my Senior Year in college, I attended a Wharton undergrad executive board event where some of Wharton’s most prominent alumni sat with students for a roundtable lunch to talk about their careers and their paths to “success”.I asked them a question that had…
What do I believe?
I believe rules are in place because we haven’t figured out a better rule. Pushing limits isn’t just an idea, it’s a mantra. If you think you’re doing it better than me, watch me turn you upside down. Competing is easy. We…
“Great people learn from mistakes of others”, I’ve come across this phrase many…
Life learning, life hacking, life coaching. Siamo tutti a caccia del manuale d’istruzioni per la vita. E chi non lo sta cercando lo sta scrivendo. Il web pullula di coach, esperti, persone di successo (vero o presunto), istruttori, personal trainer, maestri di vita…
This was a very brave write. You wrote it beautifully.
I was just going to say the story itself is horrid. And it is…
But is also something else. Is this forgiveness? Is it grief? Is it gratitude even?
My working definition of acceptance is something like being willing to allow whatever is happening in this moment to be, without feeling the need to change it, move away from it, see it from a different perspective or make it go away at all.
It’s a bit overcast today. There is a nice breeze that keeps the bugs away. I am sitting here soaking in the intermittent sun while I…
I find the word entrepreneur to be overly romanticized and is too often associated with someone being or wanting to become a millionaire. Some people just want to be their own boss whether they make $100K or $1M. There’s an old saying – you get more for your own buck working for yourself, than hustling for someone else.
There’s no question that technology is evolving every day and the power it holds keeps growing. Technology has become essential in people’s lives, and some can’t seem to bear the thought with out it. But what if the one thing we need, and thrive off of is the one thing that’s hurting us the most…
If you believe in self improvement, there is always something you can find in yourself that is worth changing. There is always room for…
This moved my heart, bro. It takes more boldness to display our ‘real' than it does to stand on stage and display our talents. Impared judgment + money & fame = disaster in most cases and it sounds like you were headed down that road. God spared you. Stay strong in the faith and keep that spiritual weight up, homeboy. Your best years — personally and…
Characteristics that can make a huge change of your life. I’m not a motivator but sometime I…
There’s this great scene in Mad Men, mid Season 4. Man I love it. Genius!
In parallel, at the beginning of the episode, almost every character in the show has their own shit hit the fan.
From 2014–2015, I spent 6 months in Sintra, Portugal with my wife and 4-month-old son. It was like nothing we’d ever experienced…
I recently bought a little notebook to take notes in. I write anything in it.. my thoughts, ideas, problems, todos, questions, and more. I’m surprised at how useful it has been to have a place to not only write down something quickly, but also keep looking back at things I wrote. It’s…
Exams are a summer time sadness. They last quite long and take everything that I have like faith, youth…
Pleasing Everyone But Yourself
You would think that being put into a situation where you are alone and then ultimately lonely would enable you to take…
The Quest: A Job. Challenging, Interesting, Meaningful. CIM. Remember?
Attempt Most Recent: Being a Funeral Director. That should do it right? It doesn’t’ get more CIM than that, does it. So that’s what I threw myself into, for about 5 months…
Word Up
Words can be like birds as they can: fly, fly away, land, nest, perch, strut, forage, fish and create….
Ah to daydream, that part of everybody’s mind that likes to take a wander down the road marked ‘What about this?’ or ‘Now for something completely different’, to use a Python-ism.
My grandfather, my last living grandparent, turned 98 earlier this year and while he’s in a wheelchair now and his hearing and memory aren’t quite what they were even a year ago, he’s still sharp as a tack. And has the physical…
Corey and I drove to a family friend’s house to wait out the severe weather as the tornado sirens…
i like to think that other people might have it worse. that led me to think and believe what i was going through wasn’t that bad. when i would tell people about my life that would feel sorry for me so i didn’t. but now i’m going to tell all of…
The Intern. It’s about a retired guy who did everything in his life after work and can’t just sit and relax. Thus he started to work as an intern on a tech startup.
What’s the purpose of retiring? To relax? as this movie portrayed people who have a passion to…
I was looking for something to watch on YouTube because I was super bored. I found this movie called Unconditional. I’m, what I guess you could call it, going to review it and talk about it.
Passion Prey or Passion PlaY? What’s your preference? During my years as a coach I’ve heard this a lot……
April 26th, 2016
Things You’d Say To An Ex
This is where I get to just rip into my exes. Bash them verbally for the pain they caused me, for the emotional damage they’ve inflicted and the complete and utter lack of…
how my sore feet helped tame regret
“I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.” I decided to evaluate this verse today as I watched a close friend of mine crumble before my eyes. I was not able to help her and there was nothing that I could do to change what was occurring. It broke my heart to have to see someone who is so strong…
10 Amazing Facts of People Born In July
Wit and humour are the two most amazing qualities of the people born in July month. Apart from this they are really friendly and modest people who are loved by the crowd. They are known for their quality of accepting things as they are, especially when it comes to the past. Putting…
Getting awards in the design and development of something like a web site is a funny thing.
I’m not one that seeks out awards or cherishes them, or puts them on display once I get one…because most of the time the award is for something that should have been…
Early on in life we begin forming defense mechanisms and building walls. As children, we hold on to hurtful comments from parents, being rejected and hurt by friends, being left out, not feeling like you’re good enough, smart enough and these thoughts grow into actions. They grow into our reactions…
This was a great read. Thank you for sharing.
Like most folks who grew up with the Internet, I like to think I know everything about…
There are secrets to almost every important thing in life.
You know you are good at something and can make an impact on the world but you keep doubting yourself. Keep it 100
The hardest part of having a child or family member with an eating disorder is the longevity of the disease. Dads especially are used to going in and “fixing” problems; but, when it comes to eating disorders, it is not that simple.
Great piece. I’ve struggled with the rejection (or just being ignored) side of freelancing too, but I’ve found that since I made my health and physical exercise a bigger priority, I’m more resilient. Good advice to not forget to do other things that help boost your self esteem and wellbeing on the side.
why don’t you get into Amazon self publishing ?
by m.s.wardrip
A few more minutes here,
Inspired by the weather, a message to you and to myself in a future crises:
When I was a teenager, I walked in the Paulista avenue thinking “someday I will live here, work here”. Well, I already got the job. What is next? And I also dream others things that seems like a “big, impossible dream”, like to live and to work and…
I shared a Facebook post yesterday that went something like this: “Instead of saying, ‘Have a nice day!’ I’m going to start saying, ‘Have the day you deserve!’, and let karma sort that ‘stuff’ out.”
I feel I should stop, he won’t so I should be the grown up and accept that people have differing opinions and some people won’t accept that.
Then I re-read the thread and I’m right back in
I was in a van yesterday delivering goods with the manager of a nearby shop. This meant there was…
The other day, I was at a large payments conference in Phoenix Arizona. This conference was put on by NACHA and is attended…
Have you ever had days where you felt so great you could conquer the world? Have you ever achieved more in a day than you ever thought possible?
By contrast, have you ever been so distracted by your thoughts that you had a hard time accomplishing anything? Have you ever…
May we learn to delight in the day when we dare to discover the demons that dwell in the darkest dimensions of our own mind..
That’s some pretty profound self love poking through some pretty typical 19-year-old insecurities with the most unruly-yet-appropriate amount of exclamation marks.
My Career as a woman in IT Support → Lessons Learned
As an IT professional , Mom & wife i have learned many lessons, and the most important one is to put your family before your job. Family always comes first.
Second most important one is to understand when there is a time to change ; leave a job and…
Want Your Daughter to Succeed? Ban This Word in Your House…
When it Comes to Bringing Up Girls Ready to Take on the World, it’s Not Always About What to Say…
In a world filled with fruit trees and beasts its best to be a chameleon
Sayith I
Moon over Bangkok
According to a popular misattributed quote:
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
While this is an excellent story, I do not think that abortion is for everyone but I do think it should remain a choice, just as keeping a child is a choice. We all have to make choices in our adult lives and we all must live with the consequences of our choices. After all, that is what life is all about..Choice, both good and bad.
Never pass up an opportunity to be kind to another person…I think that would be my only regret in life
Yes, absolutely. Usually it’s not fear of failure that holds us back, but a lack of trying coming from the fear of our own success. We don’t want to change really, when we say “someday”. We only like to imagine what life would be like if and only if. “Someday” is a crutch, a hand holding word, and someday is not action.
In case you missed it, this weekend the brilliant Jenna Thompson from Drawberry Jam took over our Instagram page for our #thortfulTakeover and shared snippets of her creative and personal life.
What the hell do you do when you’re having a panic attack clinging to a rock face 600 feet in the air?
Do you feel like you’re just going-through-the-motions of life? Have you become separated from what’s true about yourself so…
This morning I felt scared, apprehensive, and as though I didn’t really want to face into the day because of all there is packed IN to it.
Storing food for emergencies is a waste of money and effort if the food is not still nourishing when…
Not happy in your job, but worried about how difficult it might be to find a better…
I walked today. Waking up with an overwhelming sense of “I need to be outside” can be exhilarating. I love when I’m in the mood to just…
This is great. Food needs to start coming from the places where people live.
My time in New Jersey has been a time of many memories and learning. Moving here as a child after spending half my life in the Midwest, I’ve come to realize the differences in people and lifestyles depending on where you are in the world or even the same country. Out west, life is slower…
Imagine this, a first year college student walks out of his classroom knowing that he just failed that exam that…
Ever since i was little
When you're younger everything is much more simple. Don’t have to worry about how you smell, or how you look , or how you act. Then…
I forgot that Travis taught me how to shoot a 12mm of BB pellets. It was so cool! Guns are fun. But I think I do like the rifle better. Too many violent movies that used guns that look like the BB gun. :) Plus there’s a greater sense of satisfaction from cocking a rifle. Speaking of which, when I do get a chance…
Smart people always using a stupid way
#make_it_simple
Make the public game.
When i was young boy I don’t got to school.
Because my parent ignorance think about school.
And also my parent never have been school on they life.
So. When i was 12 years old my uncle bring to school and i study many things.
beautiful =) i send lots of love to you.
I’m mad at Father because he is human. Because he was a hero to me and had a moment of weakness. He had been kicked in the gut so many times through his life and eventually met the last one and he didn’t get back up from it. He’s come to peace and I think might be happier for it…
Greetings Dear Reader,
We all have an internal dialogue. It can be pleasant and condemning all at once. It feeds our courage and our fear. It is there in the best of times and the worst of times.
The Secret to Meditation
Awakened Millionaire Academy Review
Since both philosophies depend upon the focus and determination of a person’s inner workings, is there a way to determine which force has truly done the work? Is it a viable experiment to sit two people side by side while one meditates and…
I am definitely trying this! Thank you for sharing 👍
