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“When you drink water from a cup, it becomes part of you. When water falls on you like rain, it evaporates a few minutes later.​Similarly, thoughts can be consumed or dismissed. Is this thought nourishing? Is this feeling something you should drink? Or is it more like getting caught in the rain?​You’ll always feel theContinue reading “Rainy Thoughts”

Some people, hoping to avoid responsibility, insist that they don’t have great power. That’s a choice, but it might undermine what we’re capable of…Agency and freedom go together. We have more choices than we want to admit. When Ahab decided to become a whaling captain, everything that happened after that was related to his initialContinue reading “Own It”

If you really feel the need and urgency to go out and prove something, then instead of trying to prove it to the world or other people, why not just prove it to yourself. That’s all that matters anyway.

“Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will. Then your life will flow well. -Epictetus “A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a [person] perfected without trials.” -Seneca “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and youContinue reading “2026 (and beyond) Stoic Resolutions”

“Genius is infinite patience.” -Michelangelo “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” -Albert Einstein “Write, and print if you can; if not, still write, and improve as you go on…Work for twenty years, and then you will some day find that you have a style and place ofContinue reading “See It All The Way Through”

“More weight.” -Giles Corey from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Are you just too old or too young to carry?Time stands in a duel and I stand for youAre you just too old or too young to carry?Time stands in a duel and I stand for you Now lean and use your weightThat’s what a shoulder’sContinue reading “Carry That Weight”

“Outcomes follow energy.” -Sahil Bloom Looking for a simple, yet extremely fulfilling goal for 2026?… Spend more time doing things you like and hanging out with people you like. If you don’t know who and what those things are, then spend time each day figuring it out. Your energy level and feelings will be yourContinue reading “More Like”

When things are rocky and you’re going through a very uncertain time, it’s tempting to search desperately for certainty. And the more you try, the more it eludes your grasp and the more upset you get. Instead, try flowing with uncertainty. One day at a time my friend.

“Optimism is the belief that the future will be better, hope is the belief that we have the power to make it so.” -Chad Hellman “To cultivate hope, people need three things: They first need to be able to envision a better future, either personally or collectively. Second, they need the willpower or motivation toContinue reading ““Hope” Is…”

“Only the unsatisfied do things. The satisfied do nothing. Unsatisfaction is the stimulus to achievement. Satisfaction is destruction and leads down to the chamber of death.” -Jack London if you’re feeling unsatisfied, but you actually do something productive with that feeling, then it’s a gift. If you’re feeling unsatisfied, but you do nothing with thatContinue reading “Unsatisfactory Gift”