If life's an ocean, trying to control the waves will break you. Nothing happens, then everything at once. That's been the story of my life. Sometimes, I guess, of everybody's life. I thought this journey having peaks and valleys meant going for a nice
My brain does this funny thing sometimes when it decides it's time to wake up at 3am to fling around some existential dread. Only recently it decided to hurt me more than usual, which was a great experience. It asked the following question: "How many life-changing,
Old people usually tell me one of two things: everything was much harder back in the day, and listen to your gut. Even though I love tales of struggle and triumph, let's focus on the latter. Because if you don't listen to your gut – your intuition
The cliff snaps into view now, only meters away. But the car doesn't slow down. "Hit the brakes!", I yell to Mickey Mouse. He's driving the car, wearing a suit. Also, he's in black and white. What he isn't is
Beach. Ocean. Late mornings, late nights. Whatever the western heart desires flushes my retina, ready for the taking. It’s what I’ve always dreamed of. For a while. Then not anymore. Reeks of privilege? Yes, it does. I’ve got lucky in my life beyond belief. Especially in economically
You can go four weeks without food, two days without water, and one minute without air – and I haven't taken a breath for fifty seconds. My eyes are wide open, darting around. It's one of the worst situations I've ever been in, and my
Twelve months. He’s trained twelve months for this. Eleven. Ten. Nine. All this running. All this suffering. The clock’s about to hit eight o’clock. Seven. Six. Five. Nothing else existed. No time for friendships. No distraction whatsoever for the last four weeks. Three. Two. Everything for this
There's been so much happening in my life lately. A "balanced" life comes in extremes it seems: nothing happens for months, then everything at once. But what doesn't change is the best strategy to cope with these different life phases. From what I'
There worst disease you can suffer from is pessimism. In the modern world, it's become a pandemic, spreading over social media and the news. But in my opinion, being a pessimist is no way to live your life. "Everything is screwed anyway" drives me up a
So I've been thinking about human connection a lot. A little because it's at the center of our lives and we don't even realize it, very much so because I felt isolated for the longest time. Remote work gets to me. I mean the
I can't remember the last time dread hasn't filled every pore of my body. For the past hours I've been staring into a screen. Thank (insert your favorite deity here) the screen can't look back because what it would see would terrify
The first morning after I arrived in Chiang Mai, I would not just get to know the Thai kitchen. I’d be cooking the meal myself. The beauty of cooking classes! A bus would pick us up and take us to the cooking class. My friend Sara, whom I’ve