Content Plan

Dear Readers,
I’m going to shift to writing one post a week.
I’m not going to write about my personal life anymore. Sharing that much about myself felt like the right thing to do at the time, but now I find it far too stressful. I enjoyed sharing the details of my life with my friends and [...]

No More Bad Blogging. Promise.

Generally, in my history as a blogger, I’ve been pretty good at what I do. When I get terrified, my writing quality declines considerably.
I pledge to think through each of the posts that I write in the future, and devote as much attention to their quality as has been my custom. Even though I recognize [...]

Tell Me How You Feel

I dearly appreciate honest comments.
If you feel something while reading a post, spend a few extra seconds to let me know.
If a post bores you, tell me. If you don’t understand something, ask me to clarify it.
If you want to know more about a topic that I’ve only touched on, ask me to dig deeper.
Is [...]

Consumption

I’m dissatisfied with how I’ve been spending much of my time. Many of my mistakes over the past several months have been related to over-focusing on the present and the immediate future and the expense of my long term happiness. The periods of greatest intellectual fertility for me have coincided with those that I have [...]

I Don’t Get It

People do challenging things all the time. Dudes climb Mt. Everest. Gymnasts do triple flips and leap swing on poles. Entrepreneurs build multi-billion dollar companies out of nothing.
But where in history can I find anyone willing to apply reason to the self in a consistent manner? I don’t get it. I can understand that some [...]

Living

My life is always changing. I spent the weekend in that hostel, and a friend ended up offering me a place to stay until I end up in a stable apartment. It was a good thing, too, because earlier today, my old IBM laptop finally decided to die. I then went out to purchase the [...]

Heavy Baggage

Yesterday, I finished cleaning out my old room, packed up my things into my blue duffel bag. I thought I’d given all my books to Steve to store, but as I was packing up the last of my things, I found two books hidden under clothing and one book in my jacket pocket. This made [...]

Last Night

I moved into this tiny room in late September. The floors are coated with brown linoleum with flecks of white. The while-painted wood paneled walls are speckled with scratches and oddly colored stains. Two doors sit at a right angle together, one leading to another bedroom – kept closed – and another going to the [...]

Instincts

My instincts are finely tuned. When I ignore them, I tend to get badly screwed.
I looked at one of the many notebooks that I keep lying around and often carry with me in my pocket today as I was flipping through for a phone number, and found a self-conversation in which I discussed my living [...]

It’s Hobo Time

I feel spikes of anxiety mitigated by periods of calm as I get ready to move to a hostel on Friday. I’ve charted out a plan of action and the major possible risks and how to address them. I’ve determined how much money I will need to earn and when and from whom in order [...]