Raising the Floor of Humanity Through Words
In the not-so-distant past, I was a digital marketer. That’s a title that might sound glamorous if you’re into buzzwords and the thrill of chasing after the ever-elusive SEO trends. Indeed, for over a decade, I fancied myself as a blogger extraordinaire, tirelessly diving headfirst into the murky waters of long-tail keywords and emerging search […]
Why I Hate the Monotony of Spaced Repetition Learning
You may not have heard of “spaced repetition learning,” but quite likely you’ve been the unwitting victim of it. It’s the educational equivalent of being force-fed the same soggy cereal every morning until you can recite the ingredients list in your sleep. For those unfamiliar with how this insidious method is structured, I’ll break it […]
The Nature of Internal Monologues
My life is a tale of what could have been and should have been, had I not lacked the insights of two more decades on this earth. Perhaps I gave in just as too many great minds have, settling for something less without probable cause. Now, armed with only a humble weblog and a curious […]
To Be Great, You Must Want to Know the Truth
When I was growing up, I was often told I had “potential.” My teachers, relatives, and even random neighbors who saw me lugging around stacks of books too big for my scrawny arms would nod approvingly and tell me, “You’re going places.” Of course, they never specified where I was going—just that I was going. […]
Outlining My Childhood Dreams
As a young girl, I entertained four very different career aspirations. The first, believe it or not, was to be a mapmaker, that most ancient of professions, where one spends their days hunched over parchment, tracing coastlines and mountains with painstaking precision. I imagined charting uncharted lands and giving names to the nameless; what a […]
Warships: The High Seas of My Imagination
As a young girl, while most kids were busy obsessing over the latest toy craze or perfecting their cartwheels, I was consumed with the peculiar fascination of naval warfare. As others were pretending to be superheroes or princesses, I was imagining myself as the commander of a grand fleet, barking orders from the deck of […]
Masters of Minutiae
It was another day at the office, in the Year of Our Lord 2012, and it was truly the end of the world. At least it seemed that way, especially being yet another one of those days where the universe seemed to conspire against me. My inbox overflowed with urgent emails, my phone buzzed incessantly […]
How the Fast Food and Fast Living Culture of the Postmodern Era is Destroying Our History
Recently, my wife and her friends Luke and Lucas from the YouTube channel Luke Explores checked out the now long-abandoned I-86 Diner in Parksville, New York. It’s a relic of the grand tradition of American dining—one of many across the nation buried beneath the weight of greasy takeout bags and UberEats orders. Thanks to what […]
Why I Don’t Subscribe to Political Parties
Back in 2006, in my hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts, I found myself eligible to vote in my first-ever election. Like every freshly minted voter, I was armed with enthusiasm, a naive sense of civic duty, and a boatload of confusion. I was ready to storm the polls and make my mark on the American democratic […]