The toilet. He was asking about the toilet.
I woke up this morning, and realized I still do not have my shit together. 32 years…
Having been made redundant recently I find myself at times defined by one or more of the following statements gifted to…
“Our minds become magnetized with the dominating…
Choose wisely because the rest of your life could depend on it.
On a steamy Friday afternoon last June, we listened intently to a voicemail from Garth’s doctor:
In this crazy, crazy world that we live in, we’ve got to have some way to spot the good…
My life resembles a Jerry Springer show. In the past few months there have been love triangles…
Product development teams are a fun bunch. When it clicks and there’s flow across the team….that is super special. I always love going…
“I mean, if you were a girl, this would be an even bigger deal.”
For those who have seen the TV show Silicon Valley (if you haven’t, add it to your list!), it gives a…
If you are pregnant with an idea, dream or a vision it is ok to let the idea grow…
Weekly musings from @profgalloway
I shared a summer house in the Hamptons with a guy named Matt who worked at a hedge fund. Matt was nice, handsome, and drove a brand-new…
Adam lazily stretches out his limp left hand towards what appears to be God – Michelangelo featured God as an elderly bearded man floating., as if in motion, amid a cluster of…
When you think of ‘venture’, what do you think of? You may think of an entrepreneur sitting in a…
The first step towards being successful is to define in your own terms what success means…
Chasm
noun: a deep fissure in the earth, rock, or…
The line ” a life less ordinary” is something I bandy about with alarming frequency and though I know what…
It’s happened to me so many times. If you deal with teenagers, it will happened to you too. What you think is going to be an intellectual debate about “what a teenager should do” turns into an epic battle. Maybe it’s trying to convince them…
I remembered today that libraries exist, that they are magical overlooked vaults of everything that…
Question : Could you briefly introduce yourself Sir?
I’m 31 and I don’t know where I’m headed and how I’m gonna get there. I work an okay job for a shit salary. I have no savings. As at time of writing, both bank accounts are dry, save for some change a cousin loaned me last night. I have a beautiful, homely, gem of a girlfriend whose parents I can’t afford to meet just yet. I’d marry her without…
This is an excerpt from FREE LOVE: Everyday Ideas for Joyful Living.
Highlights from manager Terry Francona’s Wednesday media session…
People are like containers. Sometimes, they are literally too small to absorb true…
… It’s no wonder you sometimes imagine your face when you make mistakes. Society places and emphasis on being the best but overlooks the journey to success. You don’t know about how people at top of the league struggled to meet their aims. In fact…
Short answer: Thinking about the connection between Better Sleep and Better Life. For months, many…
I came dead last in my first ever C-Grade women’s race over the weekend, and it got me thinking about failure…
My story and life of yoga is 100% of my focus, my breath, my being. This transcends the asana practice and is about what I take away in those moments outside of the studio, the retreat, the mat, the space of others, and being in actually what lives within…
Something significant is happening in my life right now, and I am not totally clear on what it all means.
On surface value, I know my past is being dealt with and closed permanently.
Living a Creative Connection to Spirit
Living creatively and tapping spirit are companion experiences– core components of being human. We can’t plan or…
On May 8th, 2016 I was stabbed.
Soon after, I wrote a Medium Article talking about it. And one year after, I decided to rewrite my article in english, to retell the story and make a small follow up on it.
Mentors: Noah Webster, Boudewijn, Steven, Kyler, Abraham Lincoln
CHANGE, verb transitive
1. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to vary in external form, or in essence; as, to change the color or shape of…
I often forget that Alex and Samra don’t know each other. Alex and I met in college; Samra…
From Indian Tacos to Grilled Beef Jerky, Get Vlogged Down In This List…
Three years ago I spent the month of May on Cape Cod, retreating from my daily life and working hard on two writing projects, enjoying a glorious spring along the shore, before the tourists invaded. Besides writing, I needed some time to put my perspectacles on and remember…
A few days back, I met this acquaintance of mine. An old acquaintance. She remarked it was pretty long…
Horses by the law office, factory among the houses
Today I am off early to attend a seminar for NY volunteers on town and village planning boards. The plan…
Our brain is a pretty buggy piece of software. Decision-making is a mess. It’s…
What is the greatest thing that you want to achieve in your life? What kind of success do you want? Do you ever…
Jury Duty
Authors note
English is not my first language, prepare to dance through a few mispronunciations and misspellings.
“Will you be remembered as you see yourself?” asked fellow Ninja Writer Lesley Sand yesterday, and went on to wonder…
I am no philosopher neither am I the experienced one who can lecture people about life, but I guess with my little knowledge I…
before becoming a mom, I was unaware of “the club”. sure, i was around other adults who had kids but there was at least an arm’s length between us.
enter Liv.
suddenly, I had been accepted and enrolled in the group titled “Parents” whether I liked it or not.
I’ve had a tough day with lots of difficult situations but I think I’ve managed to just about stay calm about everything.
NOT EVERY TIME YOU HEAR SUNSHINE IS THERE A GLOW
The day had begun on a very high note, with everyone scrambling to keep their luggage in a safe place and…
Remember Aesop’s fables? Simple stories with strong morals. The one that’s featuring in my life is The…
It burned!
I measure time by the death of Kurt Cobain. I don’t quite understand why I do this but I do. My therapist thinks that it is because the loss is as…
Hey Re-inventors!
I’ve been wanting to start regularly writing pieces for a while (a “blog,” if you will!), but have been having a hard time finding square one. I didn’t want to write yet more rehashing of politics — although I do have opinions and may write about them down the line, that’s…
We are so impatient these days. Name a thing and we find some way that it could be done quicker or we just…
I’ve got one for your list Jon (it’s on mine and WealthNation’s)…
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a ride!””
Hunter S. Thompson
Coming up something I have really wanted to do for a long time. An experiment, where I spend a longer amount of time doing only productive things. I have tried it multiple times, but from last Saturday until today it has…
So today during a team meeting it was announced that a new type of hat was in need of wearing. I can’t…
Memoirist Anais Nin said, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
What a powerful statement. The frame we put around our life might not be the truth. It’s how we see it. Which means we can also change the way we see it.
i found an old man crying on the street last night
Caminhar quando se tem um destino de repente me parece grande feito se enquanto me movo percebo a mim e ao não-outro. Sei aonde estou e sei aonde todo o resto e todos os outros não estão. Fluo por esses vazios.
MAKE YOUR HEART DANCE AGAIN
“ Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it, ” Hellen Keller.
It’s a wonderful world out there. Not that you need me to tell you how it is! But truly, it’s amazing how your perception changes every…
Decisions are made every day. Ranging from what to wear all the way to making professional…
Used to know those eyesused to know their shineWhen I was made of sky
Thank you so much for reading!
Just to think about you brings me a joy
that could never be explained
To see your smile brings me hope
This article is part of the series “What is like to attempt suicide and fail”. Start there, if you have not read it yet.
A clear vision for one’s life answers questions such as — Where do you want to be in the…
Toute petite, je changeais d’envie de métier environ tous les deux mois. Chaque nouvelle expérience, impression, révélation me donnait le sentiment d’avoir trouvé ma voie. Institutrice, fleuriste, fermière, beaucoup de corps de métiers ont habité mes…
When I sat down at the bar last night, this strapping fella engaged in an epic staring…
A simple tip that works to get you refocussed and back on track.
Bingo! A reunion show! All the Friends gather at the hangout but no one talks just chats, online. Texts. Tweets. Et al. It would take a fancy bit of finessing to write this potential…
Raise or Make Money?
Have you ever thought about how you made me feel? Have you looked yourself in the mirror and actually realized all of the tears you made me cry? All the heart ache you caused? All the second thoughts you made me think?
This was part of my employee Onboarding challenge at Aire (years later, but I am excited I finally…
How would you react if I simply said, “I don’t know; I just want to be happy right now.” This response would be an answer to the question, “So, what are your future plans?” You see, I just finished my first year of college today at 11:20 this morning, and I honestly don’t…
When you return home after travelling, the only question anyone ever asks you is “What are…
Humans. What a complex subset of beings we are. We have aspirations, fears, phobias, basic…
I saw a short play this week, well, more of a narrated puppet show. It was a story of sacrifice, as the birds…
Where’s the sweet spot?
Where is the balance between our parent’s approach, “You didn’t die, did you?” and…
Lots of my articles are about how to make epic shit happen.
But what about when you GO FOR IT and it fails?
Age is just a number. Enthusiasm is directly proportional to energy.
I originally wrote this article in January. Today, it’s extra-relevant for me because I’m relaunching…
Good news, they want to see you again. The stakes just went up and your life just got a little more…
Quando eu era criança (la pelos 8 anos de idade) eu achava que aos 23 eu estaria casada, grávida e seria CEO de alguma empresa multinacional, fazendo várias viagens por semana igual meu pai e super milionária. Passado um tempo eu já achava que seria uma…
Who has your collar…
This question has been in my mind from time to time. As a teenager I was put in a group home for disciplinary purposes… I was “unable to be controlled.”
Overcoming addiction ordinarily is not easy. The resolve and power to break an addiction is beyond…
Uma aparente serenidade externa, meio distraída. Por dentro, a força de sentimentos se combinam em uma aquarela confusa e de cores vibrantes.
What are YOU passionate about??
As I get all set to hit the open road again, there have been some questions…
Funerals, friends, time. I woke up with a start this morning at 5:00. A tennis friend is dead…
I read an interesting quote today…
Men can mansplain, be aggressive, interrupt, belittle, talk over, insult, be crass, or ask a pointed question yet he is considered direct, assertive, decisive, even an effective…
This post was originally published on the Helprace blog
Orwell is well known today for his two novels, Animal Farm and 1984.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.- Nelson Mandela
For the past month I was receiving emails that I have to pay for internet. As…
Attending a hackathon is quite similar to going to play FIFA at new friend’s place.
Definitely is one of the weirdest things, talking to yourself, but it is extremely effective. I recently learned (and wrote) about how saying stuff out loud can have different real life outcomes. Mind blown!
“I am the way into the city of woe,
When it comes to boundaries, it is known for being an act of self care and in a way, self love too. Because setting boundaries for ourselves is making a routine and a plan with how far you let yourself go with something before you cross the line in which puts your…
Please don’t knock on my door anymore, I am exhausted entertaining you. But the irony is that if you don’t come visiting, I will find a way to bump into you.
It feels like yesterday that we laughed and cried for hours, discussed dreams and tragedies. It feels like…
Of course not. It creates comfort and security.
When it comes to passion, it takes those who are truly passionate about something whether its something they believe in to the point of standing tall beside it 24/7 no matter what life throws at you and continue going strong regardless of anything it may go against and who may disagree with you.
We are told by everyone what we should be and what we shouldn’t be and what everyone tells us, we tell it to ourselves again and again, until it becomes our reality. Why can’t we just be nice, polite and kind to each other? Why do people hate people? Why does the world view you…
It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for: the meeting with your bosses, (yes, plural, because this is…
Ma voix est un peu grave et rocailleuse.
Ou pas.
Ma voix est un peu aiguë et enfantine.
Cela dépend des jours, cela dépend des moments. Cela dépend surtout de mon assurance sur l’instant.
This has really weighed on my mind today.
How a blind dog taught me to see.
Rome was my gift for my big thirtieth birthday. When I first arrived I couldn’t believe how, or why, I made the…
Day 9 of 31. A monthlong experiment to bettering myself by writing a new article everyday. Follow me as I experiment to see what type of progress I can make in 31 days to try and build my magazine, We Were Wanderers.
As much as I like music, I enjoy movies just as much and today I was thinking about how random life…
i’ve always wanted to help people
Kung Fu Kick Harder than your rival by taking after these seven straightforward traps. Most Karate understudies you see, regardless of whether they are doing karate kicks,or taekwondo kicks, don’t generally comprehend the material science important to do an…
This actually happened to me on March 31, 2017. My oldest son Sidney Maurice Jackson Jr’s 21st birthday was April 1,2017 and he’s not here because he was taken from me by someone who played God.
My son Sidney Maurice Jackson Jr was robbed and murdered on November 21, 2015. He was taken from me by a 16 year old child trying…
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We are just ready to complete our fellowship. As every week, we are assigned a project work and this week we are going to learn tips that…
On Monday I was Madam Mim, from The Sword in the Stone. The costume was very flamboyant with purple hair as…
Art Review by Joy Deep (J.D.)
There are a lot of things in life we should be skeptical of.
Free things.Cheap things.Too much of a thing.Things with no consequences.Shortcuts to things.Things where the reward is far greater than the cost or effort…
Dear Self,
There IS one thing that I CANNOT stand in people that I see everyday. They are holding themselves back and being annoying…
I’ve had a long-running discussion with a good friend of mine about something we call “the rigor.” I believe it began back in our film…
It’s always us who make ourselves. It is we who know what we are and it is also we who decide what we potray ourself as. But in all this process do we ever think what we are meant to be?
As I’m totally new to blogging, especially on Medium, I will provide my best english writing style and learn with time. Speaking of learning…
Well, have you ever wondered why you are jealous of your sibling(s)? You might not term it as ‘jealousy’ but something else. If you always wanted the same things your brother or sister wants or even something better than what they have, then, we can call it jealousy. I remember one time in my…
I’m moving again.
So soon.
You know how someone does something horrid to you and it makes you question everything you do…
Someone says something that really is a result of the darkness in their heart but you take it on board and make it mean that…
By the time you read this, I will be living with my soulmate.
I love my life.
I missed an opportunity to help someone today. This mom with a toddler could have simply eaten lunch if I had reached out…
This year, really really means something — a big something - a completely fresh start for me. An opportunity to leave my…
In a couple of weeks there will be my 35th birthday. I am not full of regret,because it was all my choice, but looking at this, and knowing that for manypeople this is far from American Dream, I still need to explain. Because Ibelieve I am not alone.
I’ve spent years writing and striving to make my writing engaging for others. I want nothing more than to make it big with…
I think we say things are hard to do not because the required actions are hard to perform but rather because our mental states…
