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Being less stressed and more happy in 2019

January 8, 2019

I don’t like listicles, but this ended up becoming one. I’ve spent the last year really thinking about every little thing in my daily life, and figuring out...

The Edge

December 17, 2018

I haven’t written anything in a while. I just finished a Master’s and have a lot of thoughts running through my head, so I thought I would jot things down....

Intent

November 2, 2018

Have you ever caught someone in a lie? Why was it so easy to spy? It made you mad afterwards, right? That someone would so blatantly lie right to your face,...

The Barrier to Entry

October 17, 2018

I recently asked someone what the hardest part about running a business is. Their answer? Finding good employees. I spend a lot of time thinking from an...

Letter

July 20, 2018

I always wanted to try a thing where I write a letter to my past self or a future child. This is the one I was thinking about this week. Dear past self or...

Small Wins

May 8, 2018

I’m going through this phase where I have in mind all of the long term goals I want to achieve that would create some semblance of a career and life arc I...

Inadequacy

April 12, 2018

A lot of our lives are spent trying to be good at a trade, or knowledgeable enough about things so we can help others. I think about times when people might...

The Customer is Always Right

April 7, 2018

I’d heard that phrase all of my life and had a lot of feelings about it, and then something happened yesterday that made me realize what it actually meant....

Arbitrage

March 30, 2018

I had a lightbulb go off this morning after seeing a tweet and wanted to quickly write about it. I’ve been reevaluating a lot of things in my life, and what...

John, Dave, Justin and Jowanza

March 29, 2018

I’m always fascinated by what it is that draws people to each other. We all go on our own journeys of self-discovery and figuring out what it is that we like...

Triggers

March 28, 2018

My girlfriend is coming back from Santiago, Chile after being gone for a month. I’m very excited to see her but this month has been really tumultuous on an...

Big Truth, Little Truth

March 3, 2018

I'm working on a project right now and something simple happened that made a light go off for me. Or at least, it sent my blood pressure and stress levels...

Rethinking Quitting

February 16, 2018

I’ve been really agitated recently. I’m taking the PMP next weekend and I pray I pass so I can stop talking about it and stop thinking about it and move on...

I Know

February 5, 2018

One habit I want to get out of is acting like I know things. When someone explains something in a way that makes sense to you, it’s almost like you figured...

First Days and First Steps

January 8, 2018

People of all ages like routines. Children like to know that they eat at a certain time and take a bath at a certain time. If something is different, they...

Being childlike

December 27, 2017

There is a stigma attached to making mistakes. “You don’t know what you’re doing.” “You’re incompetent.” “You’re making yourself/me look foolish.” No one...

Thinking about my worries

December 16, 2017

Am I good at my job? Am I really capable of doing the things I say I will in the office? And if not, how do I communicate that? Am I deserving of the...

Rethinking your perception of Alabama

December 4, 2017

America has a problem. I’ve been following the special election of Alabama for the majority of 2017 and I’ve noticed things that have been bothering me so...

Rethinking Perception

November 30, 2017

I woke up this morning, checked my Twitter feed as usual, and saw my friend had a tweet which got 239 likes, 50 retweets, and 30 comments. That’s a lot to...

Rethinking Exercising/Working Out

November 28, 2017

I used to hate working out. I kind of still do, but I’m slowly starting to enjoy it. I have an incentive since my girlfriend loves swimming in the morning,...