Life Lessons

I knew early on in my occupational therapy career that it was not going to be my “forever” career. A nonexistent work-life balance, the expectation to either work off the clock or somehow meet the elusive 90%+ productivity demand, feeling disrespected and like the lowest person on the totem pole…

How Project Blueprint might be innovating anti-aging medicine — or not. — Bryan Johnson is 45. His sparsely decorated room is completely dark. An expensive air filter hums while a white noise machine plays through the night. They seem to help: he routinely scores in the 99th percentile in sleep quality. Johnson’s morning routine has a simple start. His alarm goes off…

I don’t have issues with men, they have issues with my work — Before your neurons light up, this is not a rant or a men-bash festival. You can allay the anxieties of your testicular and ovarian energies. Speaking with Jedi Master David Todd McCarty, I confessed like a naughty kitten that one of my relationship peeves is I don’t like to discuss…

A curious guide for developing your decisiveness muscles — When I began my career as an engineering professional, my first job at a renowned construction firm required me to sign a two-year contract. Once you sign up, you cannot back out until you pay a hefty sum. Many around me were skeptical. But I had to give it a…

Inspired by my favorite quote — Sit alone in a quiet place and listen to your breathing. Try to hear your heart beat. When thoughts come don’t resist them. Don’t reply to them either. Let them come and go on their own. Read a book in a quiet place, preferably something that brings you peace. Exercise…

It is fashionable to talk of the 2020s as a time of upset, instability, turmoil, revolution and war, all without any factual basis, just gut feeling. What is really shocking is that science and math show that it is all true. In End Times, Peter Turchin describes how countries come…

Hopefully, some of these will make a comeback! — I remember loving my Fisher Price record player as a little kid in the 1980s. I’ve always loved music and listen to music daily.

This console war is relentless — I’ll never forget the episode of Big Bang Theory when Sheldon drives his girlfriend Amy crazy trying to decide on which next-gen console (at the time) to buy: the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One. This was the funniest advertisement for video games on a sitcom ever. What’s even funnier…

If it were easy, everyone would do it. — Is there a 12-step program for overhauling your life, otherwise known as a Glow Up? Somewhere in the process it goes from “fuck, yeah!” to “I’m going to eat a large bag of chips and worry about this tomorrow”. Today was the latter. Specifically, two party-sized bags of barbecue chips…