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Revisiting my thoughts from two years ago
Two years ago, I wrote about what I learned after spending 19 years in school. I even tried to make a podcast out of it, too (I still need to make the time to finish Season 2). And revisiting the eBook reminded me of many things that helped me where I am today. Everything I wrote there Read more
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The unstructured freedom of a five-year-old
I could remember what a day was like as a five-year-old. I wake up (either with excitement or protest), eat breakfast, shower, and dream about life for the rest of the day. Usually, the grown-ups dictate what I ought to do in the day, but my internal goal is always the same, to enjoy and Read more
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Ambition and self-worth
It’s nice to have ambition because, like fuel, it drives us to pursue whatever we want to achieve in life. But ambition requires us to actively work for those goals, which means that as we make our way towards meeting our ambitions, our self-worth should match that goal. So what comes next after having an Read more
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Your mind is a garden
You already understand that what you sow, we reap. The same is true with whatever thoughts you plant in your mind. Good thoughts, bad thoughts, whichever of them you cultivate grows. Hence, Proverbs 4:23 (NASB1995) reminds us to: Watch over your heart with all diligence,For from it flow the springs of life. because where you put your Read more
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Waking up from a reactive life
Why did you wake up today? If you woke up just right on time to prepare yourself for work, thinking that you just needed that extra minute of sleep to get through the day, then you could be living a reactive life. What does a reactive life look like? You need to make deliberate choices Read more
