You Can’t Make Everyone Happy – Nope!
You cannot live for your own pleasure and your own convenience without inevitably hurting and injuring the feelings and the interests of practically everybody else you meet…most people more or less...
View ArticleI Want to go to Bed Feeling Good
I want to go to bed knowing that I lived today. Not half-lived. Not lived mediocrely. Not lived half-heartedly. Not lived under fear. Not lived by the commands and wishes of others. Not lived in a sad...
View ArticleEverything is BOTH Good and Bad
This symbol (Yin-Yang) represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents “everything”, while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the...
View ArticleProductivity is Remaining Centered throughout your Day
Yesterday was just one of those days of accomplishing absolutely nothing. Sure, I made a video. That was cool. But all n’ all, the day passed by in little superficial skips between learning languages,...
View ArticleI’m Thankful for My Quarter-Life Crisis
It doesn’t feel good to not have a lot of money. It’s a scary feeling when you are in the process of finding out who you are — when the mind begins to bow to the heart. It’s a dark tunnel that one must...
View ArticleSome Quick Reading Tips
You guys already know that I’m a reader, but today I wanted to share a few brief tips on how I’m able to stay interested in reading and how I actually learn from what I’m reading. Let’s jump right into...
View ArticleThe Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in South America
It was a year-and-a-half ago when I first stepped off the plane in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The day was hot as hell and I hadn’t slept a wink for forty-hours straight — jumping from country to country,...
View ArticleA Call for the Revival of Humanity
An impasse is where we are, my friends. As a nation, society, and down to the very individual, we’ve hit a wall. The temple, which traditionally is the area where land is cleared and set aside for...
View ArticleOverreacting to Injustice is Intelligent
At a bar where I exchange English for Spanish one a week for an hour not too long ago, I tried to turn in my free beer voucher for a nice cold pint but I was refused my usual beer and told that I could...
View ArticleAre YOU or BOOKS the Remedy to a Bad Situation?
Every challenge is a new curriculum. Every time something fucked up happens to me in my life, I, like most of us, look at it as bad, shitty, and horrible. How can this be happening to me? Why? This...
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