“I want to start a…
We all want to be there for our friends, family and colleagues but what happens when you start…
Warning: The following story is petty and not recommended.
Picture it, Washington, DC, the year is maybe 2012, but maybe it is not. I’d been on twitter…
I came across Zat Rana’s write-up captioned “Everything I Have Learned in 500 Words) on Medium.com[1]…
Starting my sobriety back on April, 15th 2013 was undoubtedly the toughest obstacle I’ve ever had to overcome.
Addiction is difficult to understand, but from my own experience, I can analogize it as being close to the event…
I’ve read this post about Mark Zuckerberg several times since it was published and I continue to come back to a central question that a professor in a Religions of Modern Man course asked a class of freshmen in 1970:
We often confuse the two
Israel’s strong judge realizes there was weakness in his strength. [Based on Judges 14–16]
Breaking up with a friend is not always the easiest thing to do, but sometimes it is absolutely…
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SEMI SOLO TRAVELING
I love to travel alone. Every time I do book the one ticket please flight for any travels whether in this beloved USA or out of it, I…
By Esteban Reyes, Founding Partner
My dad passed away, peacefully, on July 25, 2018.
I miss him so much.
He taught me a lot and still had much to teach me. His sudden passing is so difficult for me. I was unsure I would be able to write this post…
There’s a saying in Chinese that goes:
花无百日红 huāwúbǎirìhóng.
It roughly means “no flower can bloom for 100 days”, and our equivalent in English would be “all good things must come to…
Now is the time. Not tomorrow or next year, for by then we could be dead, struck by some awful crisis or slowly…
I’ve been planning for a long time to talk to people individually, specifically talking to people that I’ve known; people that I think I have shallow relationship with and finally deepen what we have. And more, I am acknowledging the fact that I need wisdom and I need to hear from people and learn from…
After working as a data science intern in a Silicon Valley startup, I began to see why data…
What is minimalism or what do you mean by being a minimalist?
“What are you going to do with an English degree?”
I heard these words a countless number of times as I navigated through my college years. Countless times I was confronted…
Saving money and cutting expenses is only one part of being financially healthy, but it’s a big one…
“What do you want to watch?”
One of the wonderful gifts of aging is the opportunity for self-knowledge and…
You know FRIENDS: Rachel, Monica, Ross, Phoebe, Joey, and Chandler. THAT Friends.
“ Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial…
The best way out of anything you don’t want anymore is to be mediocre at it.
All you have to do is to stop caring. And to stop putting in the work. To always do the bare minimum. But not more.
I didn’t get a post up early today because I was too busy enjoying the Taurus Moon and her…
Just a couple of quotes that I liked so I can always come back and read them again. This article is never finished, updating it constantly.
“A diff will tell you what changed, but only the commit message can properly tell you why.”Chris Beams
What is on your bucket list? What must you accomplish before you die? Why?
Passive income, otherwise called recurring income, is a well-desired thing at this moment, and it…
The waves are messy today;
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without rhythm they thrash
mercilessly onto the sand.
The deep blue body
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
Whenever I got devastated as I failed to make a relationship and spilled it out to my friends, their responses had been always the same: “Don’t expect too much” and “You’re just too kind”. I started to believe that those were true. Even though that I had already…
Life can be full of toxins. People and situations which make you doubt yourself, your view, your feelings, your…
“I think the reward for conformity is that…
You’ll be thinking about that bag of chips until you eat it.
The good news is…
You can get it right away.
All you gotta do is to go to the shop just a few blocks away, hand the cashier a couple of bucks and that’s…
Paradoxically, I’ve never really been one for dreams.
We ask this question quite a lot to ourselves, “Has our life found any meaning yet?”. We know the answer very well, our heart speaks to us quite often about that, the only problem is we ignore every part of it and rush to achieve more. This is not about life in general for…
My Problem with Self-Acceptance
I have major problems with self-acceptance.
It’s this night time and the lights almost off at most parts and I am driving back to my home from my office and am…
You look back from where it all began and how it all began and you know you should have gone passed your CURRENT level.
In Charles Dickens’s novel “David Copperfield,” Mr. Micawber, who has just been released from debtors’ prison, offers the hero a piece of advice: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen ninety six, result happiness,” he says. “Annual…
Professional etiquette is an unwritten code of conduct dealing with interactions among people in a business setting…
And if tomorrow it’s all over
At least we had it for a moment
Oh darling things seem so unstable
But for a moment we were able to be still -Florence + the Machine, “No Choir”
Hi. Uh, where am I?
You are someplace safe.
I’ve never been good with verbally expressing my feelings. I either get too anxious and stumble all over my words or I just don’t say anything at all.
But I am loud on action. If I am exhausted, but I am there, it’s because I want to be with you. If I am out having fun but I am still texting you, it’s because I miss you.
‘If the right things have been planted — your garden will…
Towards my stepfather when I was a kid.
The sturdy dhoni chugs away from the shores of Gan Lamu in search of my dream fish. It was a stunning setting, warm soft sun lazily awakening, the morning prayers vaguely heard in the distance, the palms shadowing the village, and I was…
I once weighed 250 pounds and lost 80 pounds on my own. Then a few years after the weight loss, the man I was to marry died waiting for a heart transplant. I put 40 back on — food has always been a comfort for me. Now I’m at a steady 197–200.
I think the real goal is not so much the number but how we feel about ourselves…
‘The secret of getting ahead is getting started.’ — Mark Twain
Getting lost has never been this “LOST” before.
Raw emotions, lack of societal barriers, innocence, compassion, all of these things are what give us the adorable…
i think of the work and of how it must have been for her to revisit those moments of loss, the way she was able…
So if you are following my previous post you must be aware that i am deep into Fitness lifestyle and promotes Health more often than other topics. So, my journey from an overweight guy to a Fit guy is the best till date . I grew a ton during this period and also learned a…
“Answer your phone, Vinay!!”,
I’ve been adding to the murky discussion of American problems by writing a couple of articles in this publication, although I’m…
For a long time, I was a judgmental person. I would make all kinds of comments on people…
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson once told a reporter that if someone does not clock at least 6 hours a week of learning something new…
Wow. Just wow. I always find something to learn in your articles, but this article is the bomb.
I’ve known for a while that, if you don’t change yourself, you’ll return to what you had or something worse. I always say it’s better to dance with a known devil than take a chance on an unknown angel to sum it up for people.
How to get over a breakup?
Some days are better than others, but wouldn’t it be great if we could feel great every day? The good news is that it is…
By Dan Clendenin
Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved (New York: Random House, 2018), 178pp.
In yesterday’s blog post, I talked about my biggest dream not coming true.
We often think of life as cruel and without feelings.
I don’t like visiting people at home. It is because I need a clean space to feel calm…
It was unusually late that evening for both of them returning from office,having met last year through common friends,they were going steady with…
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Following on from my last post about the danger of comparing ourselves to others, I thought it would be helpful…
The well is as deep as it is hollow.But all the same, it calls my name.
I had a friend I used to work with. We’ll call him Mark. I have to admit that in many ways…
For the past several months I’ve been walking around…
With my recent 30th birthday, here’s a list of 30 lessons I’ve come up with in 30 years to share and also remind myself.
So, your boss is asking a lot of you.
You’re not quite sure how to tell them that you’ve already got a laundry list of assignments or…
When I finished the university, I thought “that was the end, I had my degree”, nobody told me it was the beginning, but the beginning for what?In my country, Internet and other technological resources are not available for all students, especially if they come from public…
For a while i have been more of a reader than wanting to write anything, doing so i found that alot of people asking around for info. One of the places i found this was Indiehacker.com.
Not a fixed identity. Process of physiology and process of mental states.
“How are you doing? Anything new?”
Why are people always asking these questions? In those questions lie an implicit expectation of a fixed answer.
1. Presence — living in the now. We release resistance to thoughts & memories associated with the past and allow them to come & go instead of attaching ourselves to them by identifying them as negative.
Imaginez que vous venez de gagner 50€ après avoir fait un extra pour un ami.
On distinguera ceux qui jetteront leur dévolu dans une tournée de bières artisanales venant de l’autre bout du monde, ceux qui se feront un petit plaisir en s’offrant une…
Going on in our lives everyday, plainly shutting away the realities of our heart. It’s only during the night that you wake up with sweaty palms, painful limbs and a nightmare, every single day. In the morning you try to brush it apart, and start…
Views of the standard education provided is slowly changing.
I had to become an adult early on in life at a time when I had no internal map or sense of clarity around my life…
“There’s a reason we are called human beings, not human doings” — Unknown
Chance Encounter !
It sometimes surprises me what a chance encounter with some people can do and how deeply can it leave a mark on you, I really wonder... I do !! So the story goes back a few months, I had to take a training session, I walked down the aisle with a rather monotonous attitude, dressed so much in…
The wearing of a Scapular has a long Christian tradition. The Scapular may have emerged from an apron-like piece of cloth worn by monks. Item 55 of the Rule of Saint Benedict, dating to the 7th century refers to the use of the scapula. It was an apron or vestment worn to remind the religious man or woman wearing it of their sacred oaths while they…
It’s been more than a month since I’ve treaded that long awaited red carpet.
See me come and you can hear my sound
Bring it on, ring the alarmDon’t stop now, just be the championWork it hard, like it’s your profession
I am an emotional illiterate
I do not understand people
“Un viaje debe regalarnos como un tesoro la sorpresa de ciertas palabras. Lo dijo Javier Reverte con orgullo; al aviajar o al escribir sus viajes nunca utilizaba palabras insulsas y gastadas como ‘marco incomparable’ o ‘magia’”, se lee en Y recuerda que te espero de Juan…
To most of us, just the IDEA to see our face and hear our voice on a poorly lit…
Individuality — A word which can change your reality.
Hello… My name is Tanya. I’m a student at Pribadi Bilingual Boarding High School in Bandung. English is one of the subjects that we must learn in this school.
This week, in english lesson, I learnt how to use past simple and present perfect. Although, I haven’t understand this material deeply (I blame the long holiday) I…
Years ago I was working in landscaping. The job was fine and the people I was working…
What is life? A collection of various experiences, both positive and negative, happy and sad, straight-forward and confusing. Enjoy the positive and learn from the negative; the positive in the negative is that there is always a lesson to be learnt, so as long as you are learning, it can…
Life Is Strange is a story based game released back in 2015 but I only got to know about it recently after they released the Android version last month. Before I continue, I need to warn all of you who haven’t played this game because this content…
Today, while I was writing down my tasks/goals for the coming 3–4 months — I had a hard decision to make. I…
In 1951, a 21-year old young man just graduated from the Columbia University with a…
I used to have a monthly Gogo Wifi subscription. Then I got rid of it. Flying…
I understand, Thanos.
And you are absolutely right. I can ask someone to change and keep pushing them but unless they face it on their own, they won’t understand the reality.
What we do is who we are.
Wow, that sounds like a great program Michael Thompson. How is it working out for your company?
Steve
From an entry in my iPhone notes today:
That is a great point Martine Weber that I did not stress enough. It is important to invest time in coaching our employees not just to retain them but to keep them happy.
Thanks for you comment.
Thanks Jack Heimbigner!
I am happy that you enjoyed my post. There are so many benefits that come from the simple act of being grateful.
Sleep is just one of many, and it only takes a few minutes of journaling before bed. It is simple stuff that many of us learned as kids when we said our prayer…
A lot of time, we have goals or a dream. And we set them high or low. And we meet with obstacle. What do we do, we will fall right. Sometimes, we can’t get back up.
But if you really want that dream to happen. You must get back up again and do it. It won’t be easy. You…
Failing forward is a concept that contradicts itself from the off — it removes the concept of failure and the…
I’m impressed!
This is an amazing idea and a great use of technology. An individual profile for each employee is an amazing way to meet the unique needs of each employee, keep them engaged, happy, and turn them into long-term employees.
I had read a lot about how you have to go through extreme conditions to find a balance…
Most of our lives are spent in the momentsBetween the momentsThe large swaths of timeSandwiched between memories
I wish I could take back all the wordsthat I have given to peoplewho never deserved themall the time and love I poured into itall that goddamn bloodthat spread from the wounds I had to reopenjust to write down a single sentenceto people whom would never really graspthe genuine grandiosityof sharing my most private thoughtswith them
Every champion was once a contender that took risks and refused to give up. In this changing world, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is remaining unhappily stagnant and…
I need a new job.
A job that I love to keep me alive.
Simon,
I am so sorry. I just noticed this comment today.
You are absolutely right, without a “Why” our “how” is often meaningless.
Thanks for responding to my story!
People lie. Big deal. Why do we make such a fuss about that? We lie too. It’s really hard not to.
People lie for so many reasons. They may do that to themselves, in order to survive. It’s their own self-defense and coping mechanism…
Darwin’s example shows how perspiration is more important than inspiration to succeed in life.
Late bloomers never dazzle and fade away like a meteor. They take their time to produce a solid body of work that outlives them.
Hey Adam! I love your story :-) And I needed the reminder to keep smiling…life has a way of distracting us from what matters sometimes! Xo
what an insightful way to characterize them, Dennett, that somehow makes them beautiful — we trudge forward as best we can — love the pic too ❤
By Van Stuyvesant
How was your week?
【雞毛掃行動 Inside Out Action: bring the worldS clarity and joy】
When you don’t know, Why are you breathing? Our body does many involuntary functions, one of such function that keeps us alive is breathing..
It so happened today when I was lying in my bad, empty minded.. I could feel expansion of my chest.. Moving in of air and slow exhalation. At that movement I realized how empty is my…
Mary Jo,
Great story and love the journaling ideas.
Blessings
Janis
【Inside Out Action 雞毛掃行動 : 真我往外行】
Nature 奇妙的大自然
Liz, you are off the charts, seriously. I just know that you are not only currently in your glory, right this very moment in this writing but you have tapped into your glory in all that you do, you have figured out what it is you want to be doing and how to do that and not only that but you are helping others to find that out and more importantly…
