Life Lessons

Beware of “free stuff” requests. They’re everywhere. — “Hi, I’m Danielle!” “I liked your Medium article!” Every now and again — good things fall out of the sky and into my inbox. She was an editor at a big-name publication you’ve heard of. She said she’d like to syndicate (repost) my article to their platform. I thought, “Awesome…

There is no right or wrong. There just is. — Back when I joined this platform in 2019, Medium was a very different place. Publications were thriving because writers were looking to publish their articles in as many of them as possible. It felt like Know Thyself was just a drop in the ocean that very few were aware of. …

Reflections from a New Grandmother — The Archangels have said that our greatest creation is what we make of our life. After spending this week in Dallas, getting to meet my new grandson two weeks after he was born, I think our greatest creations are our children and grandchildren and the rest of our descendants. I…

Today’s sacrifices create tomorrow’s well-being — The burden of someone you love. It sounds harsh, doesn’t it? We don’t want to think of the ones we love as burdens. Rather, they’re gifts. We’re happy to sacrifice for them. To do whatever is necessary to improve their lives, or ease their suffering. Love should be its own…

Like working for a boss, trading time for money, hating on strangers, and being jealous — Society has gotten weak. I don’t mean that in a navy seal, drop and give me twenty kind of way. I mean it in terms of how we think. The modern adult is barely able to survive. Now, if you’re wealthy, successful, or a 10/10 in the fulfillment category, click…

A lesson on dealing with creative people. — We should all be like Nintendo. For starters, they have great morals. When the Nintendo Wii U came out and underperformed, the CEO and other executives took a 30% pay cut to protect workers’ jobs and salaries. Compare this to Google, Apple, and Intel — which had mutual agreements not…