Holiday Hopes
As we head towards a new year, many of us are working on our New Years’ Resolutions. Since many of my own resolutions never get resolved, I’ve instead decided to create a list of “Holiday Hopes” instead. My thinking is to take the positive energies from holiday-time cheer and goodwill and channel it into a […]
Down Yet Another Rabbit Hole
I’ve long been prone to overthinking. For all my life, I’ve taken my trains of thought off the rails. I’ve chased so many bunnies down so many rabbit holes, visiting aspects of wonderland that most people don’t even realize exist. Imagination is a beautiful thing, but it can also be wildly and dangerously addictive. Deep […]
Knowledge vs Discovery
“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.” – Paul Valery, French poet and essayist. We human beings like to know things. Oftentimes, we believe we know more about a […]
How to Deal with Difficult Thoughts: Mapping the Unconscious Mind
Constantly, I wonder about my motivations for writing. It’s when I reach these crossroads about my intentions that I find myself dealing with difficult thoughts to express or articulate. I find myself asking questions that I don’t feel qualified to try and answer in any sort of meaningful way. In the past, I’d retreat to […]
New Day, New Strength, New Thoughts!
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt So many days I’ve awoken with worries. I then get stuck on those worries, and they drag me down. I think about past failures. But, even thinking that I’m simply reflecting on them and trying to learn from them, I find myself […]
How Do You Find Your Essential Purpose?
Finding our purpose in Life is something every one of us strives to do. It seems only a tiny fraction of us ever find that purpose, though. But, it really shouldn’t be that way. More recently, I’ve been looking for what I like to call an “essential purpose.” All of us have an essential purpose […]
Self-Reflection Goes Beyond The Mirror
Self-Reflection is a major key to mastering self-improvement. By continually journaling and meditating over your daily successes and failures, you gain the ability to better recognize the areas in which you need the most improving. It takes constant effort to grow a little bit in each area every day. If you don’t self-reflect, you aren’t […]
Self-Forgiveness and Regret
Self-Forgiveness is something I honestly suck at. Most of us suck at forgiving ourselves for our mistakes. Even if we learn from our mistakes, regret is a powerful emotion that continues to drain far too many of us far too often. There’s a reason why regret is so powerful. It exists so we feel compelled […]
What Have You Created Today?
At the end of each day, what are you most proud of that you’ve created? It could be anything from an order of fries to an amazing customer experience at a high end resort. They all count as things we create. It’s good to think about how we impact the world and the people around […]
Self-Expression is a Human Duty
Learning how to express one’s self is a human duty. I’ve long believed that it’s the duty of every human being to express one’s self in some meaningful way. Self-expression can take many forms, including through music, clothing, dance, or some other hobby. But, Self-Expression doesn’t have to come through writing or traditional art forms. […]