Of late, I've studied many different philosophies, most of which focus on improving oneself, that the only actual control you have in life is your control over your thoughts. In pursuing greater understanding and personal development, we tend to shut the world off. We become myopic in our view, and sometimes things are happening around... Continue Reading →

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." - Buddha. How do you discover your life's passion? This isn't an easy topic for me, because I don't really think I've found my own passion in life, at least not 100%, and I believe that once I... Continue Reading →

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - William Shakespeare People seem to get caught up in this idea of being labeled. I'm not sure when it happened exactly or why there's been such a cultural shift, but when I was growing up I was so anti-establishment that I didn't want any... Continue Reading →

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Social media is ruining us. We have thousands and thousands of people telling us how we should think, feel, how we should act, and imagine what Ralph Waldo Emerson would have to... Continue Reading →

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Chasing after happiness is what most people spend their lives doing. Ask yourself…What makes me happy? You make... Continue Reading →

"Depression is the inability to construct a future." - Rollo May Some people are always happy. I'm not one of them! I used to ask how anyone with half a brain cannot be depressed at times? Small depressions happen; you lose at something, get passed over for a promotion, and realize your friend is your... Continue Reading →

"Physician, heal thyself." - Bible, Luke 4:23 I promise, this isn't a blog post about self-medicating pain away, but instead I want you to realize that for most of your problems, you don't need an outside source to tell you what's the right and wrong thing to do. In fact, the act of healing yourself,... Continue Reading →

"Sleep is the best meditation." - Dalai Lama I've been a lifelong insomniac. The act of getting to sleep torments me the most. My brain is always racing, conjuring up new ideas, revisiting past memories, and fretting over tomorrow's uncertainties. This process, painful at times, finally leads to exhaustion, which finally leads to sleep. There... Continue Reading →

"Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder." - Mason Cooley Parts of my day job is a real grind. It's answering tickets about a website that I'm the Manager of, and there's almost no way around the amount of repetition, with slight variation that I have to engage in. Sure, there are macros... Continue Reading →