Hurt, and its Anti-Character
Today, my emotions are wearing thin — it was just one of those days. As I was running my errands, the prophetic straw came down and broke the camel’s back: I pulled up to a four-way stop at the same …...
View ArticleThe (Not-So-)New Pace Of Life
This past week I have been in traveling and spending quality time with family that don’t get to see nearly enough. At that same time I am also trying to curb my hoarding-ways, so I chose to travel...
View ArticleIn The Meantime…
There is a musing that has been bouncing around my skull for the last few days — and I think it’s about to hatch. I don’t want to spoil it, so instead I will share with you one photo to … Continue...
View ArticleYou Talking Game?
“There is no reason to snarl if you are a dragon..” Aubrey Marcus … If you are at the top of your game, you don’t need to prove to anyone your worth — you already know it. You’ve never heard of …...
View ArticleGet Good At Something
People often know Steve Martin most from his appearances on TV and film — indeed, he is arguably one of the most recognizable actors to have ever graced moving pictures. However, there is a skill he...
View ArticleThe Scope of Perspective
I have returned from what I will forever know as my own, real life Amazing Race — slower, less painful, but most definitely a trek around the world. Around the world, by plane, Travellator, bus, taxi,...
View ArticleDon’t Know Where To Start?
It is something that happens more often than I care to admit: I have no idea where to start. Be it with writing, with research, even at the gym, I look at the near-infinite starting locations and I...
View ArticleHow To Stop Regretting The Past
“… the present tense of regret is indecision” – WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE Earlier we mused about figuring out where to start, which is simultaneously one of the easiest and hardest roadblocks to overcome....
View ArticleSoP Meditation Jumpstart Kit
When’s the last time you took ten minutes and did nothing. No texting, no scrolling through Instagram, no building your to-do list, just you with your stream of thoughts. Up until recently, I would...
View ArticleBecome A Shame Exorcist
This story is one that very few people in my life have been privy to. I’m not going to pretend that the fear, shame, and racing heart I am feeling right now don’t exist – but several recent experiences...
View ArticleHurt, and its Anti-Character
Today, my emotions are wearing thin — it was just one of those days. As I was running my errands, the prophetic straw came down and broke the camel’s back: I pulled up to a four-way stop at the same …...
View ArticleMake The Time
“I didn’t have the time” I’ve caught myself saying that phrase more times that I care to admit: going to get groceries, getting the oil changed, making it to the gym, we all have an endless list of...
View ArticleInstant Gratification
The image it summons to my mind is one of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka shrieking “I want it NOW!” It’s all too easy, with virtually all of the world’s information being one Google search away — why...
View ArticleRelationships And Sandcastles
Relationships are the sandcastles of your soul: You build almost all of them with the same raw materials, and at the beginning they rely heavily on your imagination and you lay its basic foundation....
View ArticleIt Takes A Village
There’s an old African proverb that I recently rediscovered that explains how “it takes a whole village to raise a child.” Parents, siblings, uncles, grandparents, friends, teachers, everyone plays a...
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