Self Mastery
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Be the niche you want to see in the world
I need a space for writings, nebulous musings, unsolicited advice, and talk therapy for all the versions of my soul. A way to relive and experience the contrasts, and even come to accept the abstract and sometimes infuriatingly paradoxical nature of life. A place for expression without the need for…
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When helping becomes pathological
Lately, I’ve been wondering a lot: What am I doing? What is my actual damage? This zealousness to help others—to solve problems—is it possible to go too far? When my loved ones complain enough, at one point I can’t just listen. I have to try solving it for them if…
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There is no tomorrow
A while ago, I had a couple days of feeling intense types of ways. Anything and everything I was trying to do was just not working out. Obstacle, inconvenience, and challenge after infuriating challenge—with seemingly no way else that things could possibly get resolved. As I was taking a walk and fuming…
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Be present
That’s what I need to think about: I’m always impatient to get there. There. No matter what it is—instead of enjoying every moment—I constantly find myself wanting to “get rid” of these moments and look forward to those. I just have to be here for once. Not just in rare, or not-as-oft happening circumstances (i.e., food, sex, sleep,…
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Trust your intuition
We get feelings about things for a reason. But we’re told not to trust our own instincts. Instead, pay us a fee and absolve yourself of the responsibility of the results. That goes for everything. Pretty much all fields of business, particularly the conceptual ones. We don’t want to take…
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Everyone is going to break your trust
Not everyone necessarily because they mean to, but because sometimes we really can never know another person’s feelings, thoughts, or expectations of us. And maybe you had expectations that you didn’t communicate. So, it’s not that they broke your trust. They broke the illusion of what you thought you had…
