Psychology
An Improbable Home
It’s been a pretty wild past few months for me. Nearly three weeks after arriving in Playa del Carmen, I feel like I’m only just now starting to have clear thoughts about my life and situation and what brought me here.
They say moving and breaking-up are two of the more stressful things you can [...]
Some Thoughts on Problems
I was thinking earlier about the money-making scheme of convincing people that they have a problem and that you can fix it for them, all for $19.99. I started thinking about this when I was reading this self-help blog. I noticed myself feeling an increasing amount of anxiety while I was reading the material. All [...]
Jack of All Trades
At some point in the past year or two, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to reach mastery level in a particular field or task. Like many people, I made the mistake of buying into “limiting beliefs” or assuming that great achievements are the product of raw, natural talent.
When people watch Roger [...]
Knowing What We Want for the Future
Look back on your life. If you’re anything like me, I’ll bet you can think of a handful of things that, at the time, you would have surmised that you would have done or liked for probably your whole life but now you no longer do, like, or are interested in those things.
Let me [...]
