“Perhaps most people in the world aren’t trying to be free Kafka. They just think they are.” – Haruki Murakami Reading a work by Haruki Murakami is always an experience. With a gentle description of settings, complex characters, and a dose of magical realism, each page keeps you hooked into the intricate plot. Furthering this …
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Overcoming the Struggles of Writing
The great literary minds all agree on one thing: writing is not easy. Sitting down, facing a blank screen or page, and coming face to face with your idea is scary. You could write 1,000 words only to realize that you missed the mark. You’ve deviated too far from the heart of the piece and …
Quote of the Week 8/6/2022
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite authors of all time. What draws me to him, time and time again, is his balance of wit and philosophy. Reading one of his plays or novels will have you …
A New Path for Organizing your Days.
I’ve talked a lot about how to look at days on this blog for good reason. Over the past three years of writing this blog, I’ve come to realize structuring your day is the foundation for bettering your life. When we are not actively living our best life our days can feel endless. We go …
Motivation
It’s one of the most allusive elements of this world. Whenever we try to find motivation, it escapes. Inversely, when we don’t want to find it — say at two in the morning when we are desperately trying to go to sleep — motivation finds us. All of a sudden we want to vacuum the …
Do you measure your daily responses?
It’s rare that we consciously think about our responses in a day. Most of them, after all, are automatic. For example, you probably have a go-to-phrase to use when someone cuts you off in traffic. Maybe on days where you are feeling especially irate you add in a few choice phrases and maybe even a …
A Childish Spirit
C.S. Lewis wrote that when growing up “…I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” Most remember Lewis for his Chronicles of Narnia series – a fantastical tale read mostly by kids. Many would admit to liking them when they were younger, far fewer admit …
Self Worth
I want you to think about how you talk to yourself. Perhaps this moment occurs in front of a mirror or while you drive home pondering the day’s work. Are you using negative language? Are you chastising yourself for imperfections? When we talk to ourselves, the language tends to be negative. We think of our …
Feeling The Moments
I don’t know what came over me, but this morning I wanted to walk without music. Personally I love cultivating the right queue of songs for the perfect walk. That or selecting the right podcast for my mood. Today however, I trusted my feeling and walked away from the house free from headphones. Perhaps it …
When thinking on Life
For me, thinking about life on a grander scale is a routine thought. Even before this blog I would find myself staring off into the night and ponder what made a perfect life. I always found myself coming back to two main concepts. One was inner joy and the other a legacy. The first one …
Exploring life one trial at a time. 