A few months ago, I was standing next to a kid about a hundred pounds lighter than me. He was skinny with hair covering his eyes and…
I’m not the Chico’s target market, but no one told my seventy-four-year-old mom this. “You have to come with…
Перевод статьи Victor Cassone: Lessons learned from my journey as a self-taught developer
Nowadays, the belief :
“Actions speak louder…
My sister was having a hard time hiding her slight disappointment as she took a look around my studio.
She was born in Kremenchug, Ukraine and her family fled to Tashkent, Uzbekistan right before the Second World War, during which she lost her brother. She received a degree in Economics and later managed a department in an economics firm. To…
“Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.” (William Law)
After world cup 2018 euphoria, everyone talking about Kylian Mbappé. Ya, he is only 18 years old and everyone in the world know about him. He lead the France football team being the first champion of the world cup 2018.
Play.
By Brooklyn Carey
Anthony Bordain’s final interview has shed light on the chef’s thoughts on travel, culture and…
Ladies, niceness is not all it’s cracked up to be.
When my son entered 5th grade he told me Middle Schoolers get iPhones.
Everyone seeks happiness in life for no one likes misery or sorrow.
Adventures of embracing uncertainty and manifesting my future
Angrily she shouted at me, “Don’t walk like that!”
Last quarter my business revenue increased 52%. That’s awesome!
When I was planning out this quarter I wanted to increase revenue by 14% over last quarter (about 74% over Q1). Ambitious but doable — especially considering the growth I had last quarter!
Are you worthy?
I went travelling for a month and when I came back I felt refreshed in a way I didn’t expect. I felt a kind…
Know this now and forever: Nobody gives a flying fuck about you.
Geralmente os marcos da minha vida vem acompanhados de uma grande dose de pensamentos que eu preciso organizar pra conseguir seguir em…
So, what does it mean to be in a position of doing something you love? Let’s call it work because that’s what it is, BUT, it’s great when it’s the kind of work you are eager to go to every day and it’s part of a dream. Curious?
“There are the lessons that come out with TIME and space. They can’t be scheduled in a power hour”
“Please hold me, I’m scared.”
So the other day I was walking past a condominium that I pass every other day.
Last time I passed it there was a huge banner in front of the entrance.
Hopes were beyond bleak. She was on the last stage of kidney failure. More than eighty percent of both of her kidneys were non-functional. Sometimes she wasn’t eating anything for days yet puking incessantly. All her reports looked more like a…
My experience reading the Harry Potter series for the first time at 31 years old.
If we really, truly wanted equality, we would have attained it by now.
I’m feeling particularly torn up at the moment, so I’m taking the opportunity to write from my gut while I feel…
I certainly woke up much easier today, I actually don’t know why. I woke up thirty seconds before my…
Yes you! Let me be frank and casual as you are sitting in front of me and looking into each others eyes.
Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest…
Maybe we Shouldn’t be so Quick to Offer our Solutions
So, I’ve been noticing that when I’m on my walk in the morning and I’m headed towards home, the closer I get to my…
Separation
I have been single for over a year now. It was not my decision; my love decided he had enough of life and made the decision to end his. So. Here…
I’ve been struggling to write this post for awhile — writer’s block. Tried a few rounds of these long posts that go and on. But, I realised with kindness, there doesn’t need to be that much to it. It’s a simple post without flair.
But you don’t even like lemonade.
Enough and more has been said before about making lemonade. I agree with the whole lemonade business, but I don’t like lemonade. I realised I also…
Today I turn twenty three. It’s not a particularly impressive marker in life…
I’ve been writing for some time. Passion, vocation, imperative? It is difficult to say unequivocally. When I…
“Your network is your net worth.” — Tim Sanders
Growing up, my mother would always say, “Show me who your friends are and I’ll show you who you are.” I didn’t really understand her thinking until…
“Whatever you want to do — begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.” ~Goethe
I’m a bit of a serial ‘life changer’ and like to look for ways to do things differently, or new, or better. Whether it’s the layout of my rooms at home, approaches to work or my own habits and routines, I like to ask myself if something still works and how it might be…
Upon clocking out at the end of a bartending shift the other night, I noted the numbers 1:09 as they flashed up at me from the Ipad screen and headed out to my car. The orange envelope held down by my windshield wiper was visible from a few hundred feet off. Though not an uncommon sight…
I was asked to share my thoughts on Visiblility at my company, “Titanic Corporation” with peers who are a…
You let yourself love more completely and deeply than you ever had. You found someone who understood everything about you, without you having to say a word. Someone with the patience to nurture you out of…
One of my key takeaways from the audiobook The Ultimate Anti-Career Guide by Rick Jarow…
Today the Libra Moon squares off to Pluto bringing either empowerment or disempowerment.
I think that one of the most underappreciated learnings of my time is to enjoy and appreciate the little things in life. The following entry is a short story about my realization of this fact.
Have you ever lied to yourself? I’m not talking about a little white lie. I’m talking about a whopper. One that, looking back…
Hello.
I’m here to talk to you about goals. My main goals — the ones etched inside my skull for so long — are to leave the country, study writing, live my best gay life with my two husbands, and maybe get a job for it somewhere in the run.
Nightmare
One of my Thirty to ThirtEe goals has been to have less things. Over the past few months, I’ve been going through my cupboards and shelves and closets at both of my places, trying to get rid of things.
I’ve never thought of myself as an artist. We’re quick to point to ability in the “arts” and…
Inspiring health stories are everywhere.
This is where you would expect to find mine.
The before and after shots.
Kalian, anak-anak bangsa yang haus akan pengalaman dan pelajaran hidup yang dapat mengubah diri kalian selamanya. Untuk kalian yang merasa ialah sebuah kewajiban untuk berkarya bagi bangsa. Maka surat kecil ini adalah surat yang memang ditujukan untuk kalian.
When I was 16 I thought I had everything figured out. I was going to be a hot shot entertainment…
From a city where I turned 21, a long time ago, I wanted to say thank you to the loving Joyner…
Delayed gratification seems like a thing of the past because in today’s society everybody just wants everything NOW. There…
Dear Dharma,
My issues are very complicated, to say the least.
I’ve been married for 35 years. I married at the age of 19, had my first child at the very young age of 20.
Emily Dickenson said it best:
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul…
I’ve always been fascinated with birds. Their ability to fly, their adaptability to the seasons…
In martial arts, beginners always ask the same question. “How long does it take to get a…
Five years younger, and I would be eighteen. A just out of high school, naive and a shy person…
“Adapt or die” — wrote a wise man on his Facebook feed.
Work, play, live, learn. Work, play, live, learn. Work, play, live, learn. Work, play, live, learn. Work play, live…
1.「不」做壞人：所以不面對本人、不甘願委屈、不制止惡化，只剩訴苦、抱怨和互相取暖，但就像糖水，愈喝愈渴，結在心裡愈結愈大，最後苦在自己！
2.「不」想未來：所以得過且過，不想也不用做太多未來的思考和準備，一直抱著「命運之神會神來一筆」眷顧的希望，到時候再說，反正船到橋頭自然直⋯⋯船到橋頭一定會直，只是「怎麼直」！最後直得痛苦、直得高風險、直得失去了原本可能可以得到的，更多的平靜和喜樂，這直，真的值嗎？
This will have taken the necessary time but at the end of 2017, I arrive at the point where all the actions that I have been able to carry out in my life, the people I’ve met, the experiences I have had, brought me closer to myself.I…
“Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.”
In favour of clichés
This came to me when Instagram started their new 'Questions' feature. Almost everyone wanted to try it out, except a few 'cool' people…
“Conosci te stesso”
“Know yourself”
That’s the phrase that I learned in philosophy class. Who knew I would be able to learn philosophy in Italian? Well, at least I didn’t expect that. And there are a lot more things that I didn’t expect to…
“People won’t like me.”“People will think…
Great read, I actually wasn’t aware that Russell was also a big proponent of leisure. A wonderful book that discusses the same topic is Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, highly recommened. I also wrote extensively on my thoughts around this topic, many of which where inspired by that book, as well as Cal…
Have you ever wonder about the beginning of the world? Not theoretically of course, because the scientist will come…
The past few months have been challenging.
I’ve spent too much time in my life fretting over the way someone treated me or acted towards me.
“AMA L’ITALIA” (she loves Italy)
(Ciao!) Hi!
From my title you can already guess where I am now. But you also probably wonder what’s the meaning behind it. Well, to explain that, I need to take you to do a bit of flashing-back with me.
Most of us have a list that contains all the things we ‘must’ have in order for us to…
1 step forward, 2 steps back
Will we ever, be on the right track
Few people will shed tears for the demise of the nine to five job. In fact there will be a lot of people eager to write its obituaries.
While celebrating the de-formalization of work, another danger is staring at us- the loss of jobs in various domains with the entry of AI and robots.
There are various kinds of people living out there, with distinct qualities, attitude, behavior and approach.
Everyone has a character. It is sometimes it is more pronounced or enunciated than others. Many people will mainly believe that is develops to form with you and the time. The most oriented people thriving, spiritually or mentally; physically or emotionally. If you are stable within your…
There are plenty of movies and television shows that highlight the follies of immortality. Watch any vampire film or West world and you watch individuals who make the same mistakes, they do not grow into better beings. They seem stuck at the point which they become immortal. Look at the Twilight series (not a great example), you have a vampire who can’t move on from high school.
Life sucks. Yes, come on…. admit it. Yours, too. I know it’s hard, in a society dominated by social media news streams…
We can’t all be winners, right? Well, why not?
Even winners aren’t winners, or at least they weren’t at first. If you ask anyone you might call “a winner”, they’re sure to tell you that it was never luck or God-given excellence that gave them Mercurial wings upon which…
Wow! I am in shocked this morning! I am 24 years old now. It has been 24 years of existence. I know 24 is not exciting for many people and it has been hard for me considering the existential / quarter-life crisis I have been having in the last year. But I am a cancer — I say this with pride. I am a cancer…
Prologue
If you’re happy with what you are, how far you’ve come, whatever you’ve achieved in life; good for you. But…
As I became accustomed to all the different roles within the funeral trade I started to make suggestions to Matthew as to how we could improve our performance and by doing so, hopefully, increase our trade. We would bounce ideas off each other and used to joke that if we had a hit rate of…
Is muscle soreness a good indicator of a workout’s effectiveness?
Until I put a poll out on Facebook earlier this week, I was convinced that 112% of the…
Over the years I’ve heard several variations of this piece of advice from different sources. The first time I heard…
Absolutely, Nico. I’m thrilled that anyone can start a blog, upload a book to Amazon, and even start a publication here on Medium.
We both know that’s no guarantee their writing will be engaging, that the message will be worth sharing, or that the content will be authentically original.
I have been able to stay genuine friends with a few guys I have dated. But I have also stayed “friends” as you are describing. Which is to say: not really very friendly.
Your latest guy is very familiar to me. Confused and confusing is how I describe someone like that!
How did Venezuela fall in this difficult economic situation? What happened after the death of Hugo Chávez? Did the project derail, get stuck, hit a speed-breaker, or totally crash?
I can still remember the moment when I met these 2 gentle beings, almost as if God or the universe sent them that day to just comfort me of my anxiousness and worry. How can someone just reach out to you right out of the blue , how can someone be so loving and caring, how can…
http://www.edmaira.com/be-happy/
It’s simple, FILTER.
Thank you for reading and the kind compliments!
I’m not sure why this is, but I do not seem to attract unfaithful guys. I tend to find flaky, uncertain, and confused/confusing guys!
I know lots of faithful men, so I think men can be faithful. But, yes, there are also many who do not seem willing…
I’m currently on my 3rd year of college. I’ve met a lot of kinds of people from an educational institution, from my primary school teachers to professors in my campus. They all have some unique personalities tied to their soul and have their very own impression about…
Let it go. Throw it out. Purge often.
Are you going to die?
In my last article, we underlined why you come first and business second. Today we will cover basic principles to get you…
1. Outlook — helping us to see the silver lining. When we’re consumed by negative thoughts our positive vibe tribe can help us to adjust our focus to the positive things in our lives. Whatever we…
Picking up where I left off, or where I picked up, the self that is this morning when waking and flying to the laptop to…
Whether it’s professional or personal, your decision with your life is up to you…
I cannot agree more. I think it is the recoil from the solitude that helped me understand myself better. I was in a similar situation once and I am glad it happened. I believe it is important to be alone in life. Sometimes even by choice. When I lived alone, I developed a lot of confidence. I made my share of mistakes, but the learning was…
Levava à boca mais uma garfada. Não tinha pressa em terminar, pois àquela distância na vida, já aprendera a desacelerar e simplesmente apreciar. Coisa de gente querida, esse charme em andar devagar os quilômetros seguintes só para sentir um pouco mais. Pode desaparecer para o mundo este jeito tão normal de viver. Mas…
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By Randy Gage in Prosperity.
Hey would you do me a favor?
I never got the chance to meet my dad or play catch with him. So if you still have yours, would you let him know how important he is to…
Most of us have heard the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly as a metaphor for change. Consider this — a caterpillar egg is an egg, it looks nothing like a caterpillar, and the butterfly seems impossible, even from the larva that precedes it.
Dear you
I take full responsibility for my emotional outbursts.
I woke up this morning a little earlier than regularly and my mind started the usual worrying cycle about the future: will I earn…
I learned today what happiness actually means. I learned that happiness comes with inner peace. When the outer…
I bumped into a colleague on her smoke break. She’s achingly beautiful with a head of bouncy tight curls and an approachable, yet confident air. She leaves today for 3 weeks in Cairo, and was trying to finish some final UX design decisions.
Could have said hi to her and gone on a date.
Thought to share some perspective of when your path is lost and needs to found. Many people choose to let their lives run on autopilot…
I graduated from college last June… and boy, one year later I am so far off base from where I originally…
Growing up in a Christian Kenyan household i was made to believe that Yoga was demonic. I guess it stemmed from the fear that this activity would invite…
I’ve been listening to too much NF (lies! I love all his music) and the Mansion reference at the beginning of this is aimed at his first big album. All his albums and singles are great, and worth checking out.
Hey Amani,
To be honest with you, I still have fears and question my every day thoughts and I’m in my 30’s. The thing with me is that I regret things I should have done which could have possibly changed my life for the better currently. I’m getting better at accepting where I am in my life and gradually making changes to…
Truly humbled and ecstatic on hearing back from Karalyn Brown on taking time to do this for me.
Few days ago I asked Karalyn to do an interview for me for a series I intend to post on a Facebook page I run called youngsters Upliftment Program to…
Sometimes our intuition will tell us to avoid some people or some course of action. The intuition seldom makes a mistake.
U R the Universe (See the Part in the Whole?)
It is extremely powerful to realize that the part is in the whole and the whole in the part. How boundless do…
A little over a year ago, I wrote Match with the universe. At the time, it made sense. The short piece reflected what I believed then. Looking back, I realize that I have learned something crucial since. At the time, I wrote:
As mãos nervosas procuram algo em que se ocupar. Já é final de tarde, mas o sol perdeu a hora e parece não se importar. Tentou primeiro alinhar os cabelos ondulados. Seguiu para as linhas do rosto, já tão visitadas. Revirou sua pasta algumas vezes, pois tinha certeza que iria encontrar aquela vírgula perdida. Já…
Seus pés moviam sem pausa. Dava pra ver a tensão no ar, sem precisar das nuances do rosto. Chorava, incomodado com a incapacidade de entender seus próprios problemas. Pouco importava aos outros. Poucos mesmo eram os que ofereciam qualquer tipo de conforto. Logo, a dança das longas respiradas se intensificava. Uma…
July 9th — 13th, 2018
When I was in Spain my friend told me this old adage, “After you’ve traveled, you will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than…
Litecoin’s founder Charlie Lee has taken to Reddit to explain Litecoin Foundation’s acquisition of a 10%…
Ela beira os 9 meses. Eles, talvez um pouco mais. Aproveitavam a água do mar, quente o bastante para se dizer por aí: em terras galesas, é dia de curtir! Olhavam para o horizonte, extenso e sereno, quando ele agacha, olha para a barriga dela e lhe dá aquele beijo. Espera assim, convencer a nova vida de…
