I've been struggling with writing the past few days. I've started posts but have not finished them. I start, and I get somewhere too. But I haven't finish them: my last two publications I published with the words (Published unfinished.) on the bottom. Also, the artwork is the same. Clearly I just wanted to get something done.. I think amongst many changes we look for solace in whatever gives us comfort. I'm not sure why, but I feel like for me whenever there's a lot going on I tend to dive de...

I've been struggling with writing the past few days. I've started posts but have not finished them. I start, and I get somewhere too. But I haven't finish them: my last two publications I published with the words (Published unfinished.) on the bottom. Also, the artwork is the same. Clearly I just wanted to get something done.. I think amongst many changes we look for solace in whatever gives us comfort. I'm not sure why, but I feel like for me whenever there's a lot going on I tend to dive de...

I love to make things. Music, writing, photography, building Lego structures, you name it: if there's a creative endeavor that requires effort to go from raw materials to finished products, I will probably really enjoy it. For a while now, I've been trying to focus my creative efforts on writing. The idea of having your name emblazoned on the pages that someone will consume appealed to me (side note: also, a few years ago, I was reintroduced to the works of Ernest Hemingway, and after reading...

I love to make things. Music, writing, photography, building Lego structures, you name it: if there's a creative endeavor that requires effort to go from raw materials to finished products, I will probably really enjoy it. For a while now, I've been trying to focus my creative efforts on writing. The idea of having your name emblazoned on the pages that someone will consume appealed to me (side note: also, a few years ago, I was reintroduced to the works of Ernest Hemingway, and after reading...

I'm starting to notice something. When people speak and I don't feel like we are on the same frequency, I get immensely bored. Especially when the subject matter they are speaking about is not interesting to me. I'm not particularly proud of it and it's something that I want to improve. However, it does help me realize that there are a wide variety of people in this world, and not everyone is going to be like you. That's humbling. The questions arising, to me at least, are these: how do you g...

I'm starting to notice something. When people speak and I don't feel like we are on the same frequency, I get immensely bored. Especially when the subject matter they are speaking about is not interesting to me. I'm not particularly proud of it and it's something that I want to improve. However, it does help me realize that there are a wide variety of people in this world, and not everyone is going to be like you. That's humbling. The questions arising, to me at least, are these: how do you g...

It's late. I'm tired and sleepy, and yet all I feel like doing is struggling against a blank page. Why is it that I feel that this: writing, or typing, or whatever you wish to call it, is akin to a pianist furiously wrestling against silence? It is similar, is it not? The blank page, the black screen, the silent room: all must be cut. Disturbed. Turned into a clay structure made of empty space, lines, and sound waves. This is my first post on this Paragraph platform. I enjoy the fact that I c...

It's late. I'm tired and sleepy, and yet all I feel like doing is struggling against a blank page. Why is it that I feel that this: writing, or typing, or whatever you wish to call it, is akin to a pianist furiously wrestling against silence? It is similar, is it not? The blank page, the black screen, the silent room: all must be cut. Disturbed. Turned into a clay structure made of empty space, lines, and sound waves. This is my first post on this Paragraph platform. I enjoy the fact that I c...

On a recent episode of the excellent podcast Modern Wisdom, tech entrepreneur (and master tweeter) Naval Ravikant said something that's stuck with me:what you do, who you do with, and how you do it are way more important than how hard you workI've been mulling this over in my mind a lot, especially with the holiday season now having started. Specifically, I've been thinking about the question there of "who". The people we choose to surround ourselves with obviously have a massive impact on us...

On a recent episode of the excellent podcast Modern Wisdom, tech entrepreneur (and master tweeter) Naval Ravikant said something that's stuck with me:what you do, who you do with, and how you do it are way more important than how hard you workI've been mulling this over in my mind a lot, especially with the holiday season now having started. Specifically, I've been thinking about the question there of "who". The people we choose to surround ourselves with obviously have a massive impact on us...

Author's Note: It's been a busy few days, so I haven't gotten the chance to really sit down and let my thoughts flow through the fingertips onto this lovely canvas here. It's been good, but it's been busy. And I am nothing if not grateful. Let's get into it. What motivates us to take certain actions? Why do we place value on things when others may find them to be entirely useless? What is it about that nature of decisions that we ourselves make that makes us so different from others (to clari...

Author's Note: It's been a busy few days, so I haven't gotten the chance to really sit down and let my thoughts flow through the fingertips onto this lovely canvas here. It's been good, but it's been busy. And I am nothing if not grateful. Let's get into it. What motivates us to take certain actions? Why do we place value on things when others may find them to be entirely useless? What is it about that nature of decisions that we ourselves make that makes us so different from others (to clari...

I went on a walk this morning and began reflecting on the trees. The Tree of Life analogy is an apt one: we begin as single seedlings of life, move on upward in a single line and then branch out in different patterns, all while solidifying our roots where we were raised. No matter what happens, that tree trunk always grew that way, and those branches had to grow that way, and those roots had to form that way. Even if you took the tree and you moved it to a different location, those facets of ...

I went on a walk this morning and began reflecting on the trees. The Tree of Life analogy is an apt one: we begin as single seedlings of life, move on upward in a single line and then branch out in different patterns, all while solidifying our roots where we were raised. No matter what happens, that tree trunk always grew that way, and those branches had to grow that way, and those roots had to form that way. Even if you took the tree and you moved it to a different location, those facets of ...

It's strange how time can change a person's viewpoint on things. I've been playing with the idea of Rubik's Cubing things. What I mean by this is taking a concept and messing with it's dimensions in order to get a new perspective on the idea, and one of those dimensions is the time itself. Let's take a simple example: say you're playing a video game. You fire up the console and boot up something like GoldenEye, or the original Halo, or some such game from the early 2000s. These games were imp...

It's strange how time can change a person's viewpoint on things. I've been playing with the idea of Rubik's Cubing things. What I mean by this is taking a concept and messing with it's dimensions in order to get a new perspective on the idea, and one of those dimensions is the time itself. Let's take a simple example: say you're playing a video game. You fire up the console and boot up something like GoldenEye, or the original Halo, or some such game from the early 2000s. These games were imp...

I'm not in a good mood this morning. There's a lot going on, and I feel like I'm holding the reins of a thousand horses going in all different directions. I don't really do well under immense amounts of stress (at least, I feel that way), but somehow I feel like I'm always under this kind of pressure, either voluntarily or not. Generally, there's a saying that if everyone is the problem then you're the problem (or something like that), but in this particular case I just feel like there are to...

I'm not in a good mood this morning. There's a lot going on, and I feel like I'm holding the reins of a thousand horses going in all different directions. I don't really do well under immense amounts of stress (at least, I feel that way), but somehow I feel like I'm always under this kind of pressure, either voluntarily or not. Generally, there's a saying that if everyone is the problem then you're the problem (or something like that), but in this particular case I just feel like there are to...

What is the most important concept that any organization that comes together under any capacity has to contend with? Is it the objective, or it's stated reason for being (the why)? Operations, perhaps: how do you do what the organization has set out to do? People, you may say: who is doing the tasks (human or otherwise). I'd argue it's none of these. The most important concept in any organization is the concept of derivation: sourcing something from a point of origin. It may seem odd or abstr...

What is the most important concept that any organization that comes together under any capacity has to contend with? Is it the objective, or it's stated reason for being (the why)? Operations, perhaps: how do you do what the organization has set out to do? People, you may say: who is doing the tasks (human or otherwise). I'd argue it's none of these. The most important concept in any organization is the concept of derivation: sourcing something from a point of origin. It may seem odd or abstr...

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I'd like to begin today's post by showing my thanks, gratitude, appreciation, and love for all the family and friends in my life, the adversities that I am faced with which allow me to become a stronger person, and the strength to move forward. I am thankful for life and for being alive. I'm currently trying something new. I'm on the indoor bike and writing this on my phone as I'm exercising. I've come to love my exercise time, as I feel that more than physical...

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I'd like to begin today's post by showing my thanks, gratitude, appreciation, and love for all the family and friends in my life, the adversities that I am faced with which allow me to become a stronger person, and the strength to move forward. I am thankful for life and for being alive. I'm currently trying something new. I'm on the indoor bike and writing this on my phone as I'm exercising. I've come to love my exercise time, as I feel that more than physical...