You tell yourself a staggering amount of lies every day just to cope with living. In a sense, self-deception is a useful survival tool. If you had to spend your entire day being objective about everything in your life, you’d probably be miserable. So, on the one hand, your emotions help you. But, on the […]

“Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony this life. Trying to make ends meet, you’re a slave to the money then you die.” – The Verve I get it. I know sometimes people don’t think I do, but I do. Fuck fair. Life isn’t even close to fair. It’s not fair that you can start behind the […]

Flashback in time: I’m 26 years old, my girlfriend is pregnant, and we’re living in her parents’ basement rent-free because we were that broke. I’d just started writing about a year before that. I wasn’t making any serious money with it yet, but at that point, I knew it was something I wanted to do […]

You spend a ton of time in your head, but how useful is that time? Mental chatter throws you off, constantly, doesn’t it? Sometimes you feel like you have little to no control over your mind at all. Instead of trying to fight your racing mind, try using it to your advantage. Make that time […]

This is the saddest thing about being a human being. Well, maybe not the saddest, but it’s pretty damn sad. You’re in the way of your own success. If you used one hundred percent of your potential, you could accomplish basically anything outside of becoming a professional athlete or movie star. If you just believed […]

Why are you so afraid to fail? Why am I? It doesn’t make any actual sense, does it? You’d think that your default state would be risky, bold, adventurous, and willing to do anything to succeed. Why? Because isn’t that the only logical conclusion you could come to? You only get one life. What’s the […]

I have a theory. With the growing capability for society to be decentralized, meaning it’s easier to start your own little mini-empire, media company, community, etc, the societal overlords are turning up the dial on outrage and distraction. The institutions know they’re outdated and they’re in cahoots with each other to keep us from realizing […]

You know what your problem is? You think you understand other people, but you don’t. In many ways, you don’t understand yourself. You operate under the assumption that people should behave a certain way. You have a vision of what the world should be like instead of focusing on the way it actually is. Think […]

‘Fight the system’ is the soup du jour, except most people, are doing it wrong. They’re fighting for symbolic victories over real victories. They’re aiming for unrealistic outcomes. In doing what the power structures want them to do, they’re actually further propping up the system they say they’re fighting. It’s quite interesting to watch, honestly. […]

I feel like writing one of these is a right of passage for every 30-year-old blogger. I forgot to do one during my actual 30th birthday, but better late than never, right? People tell me I have an old soul. They call me wise, which is weird. If anything, I’ve done one thing really well […]