Don't Ask for Permission If there is something you want to do– do it! You want to write a book, coach your kid's sport team, paint, travel the world, create a new business, ask someone out, just do it. We are all on one path– death. We are all going to die
Short-term Losses, Long-term Gains I am a slow touch typer. But at least I can do it. And that's only because I taught myself back in 2017. Yes, we learned in school growing up, but it wasn't heavily enforced and nor was there a word per minute (wpm) minimum that
Don't Forget to Celebrate Sometimes we can forget to celebrate when we achieve a goal. Or feel guilt. I just finished the NaNoWriMo challenge this year. It was my first. I achieved the 50k word goal, with two days to spare on the 28 November. I finished it strong and wrote the last two
Don't Forget to Laugh This is a very valuable lesson and one I tend to... well... forget. If you follow this blog you'll know that I am participating in NaNoWriMo– National Novel Writing Month, where one has to write 50,000 words of a novel in the month of November. I will
What You Do You Become This holds true. Yet for the spiritual Buddhist, we are not that thing. I love the duality of life and that it's also all perception. But yes, what we do we become. You write every day you are a writer. You paint every day you are a painter.
Brick By Brick Daily practices and laying bricks. Eventually you will have a wall, building, or whatever it is you are building. The daily devotion of habitual practice towards a goal is very rewarding. And the benefits are reflected in character. As I've gotten older, I have fallen in love with
Don't Over Think It I am very prone to over-thinking. A lot. And the major problem with over-thnking is that you can fall into the forbidden trap of paralysis by analysis. Where I have admittedly been on many occasion. Highly recommend not goin down that road. It really stops us from progressing. If you
Transitions Every human being goes through transitions in their life– multiple times. Not only do we have natural transitions as we age and go through the different life phases, but our beliefs, values, and norms can change too. Transitions are not suppose to be easy and pretty and perfect. They are
Face Your Fears Every human being has a fear. Every. Single. Person. You are not alone. We all have a fear. That fear is actually a beautiful thing. It's a neon sign saying this is where you are supposed to go. This is where you are to grow. It's
Gratitude Gratitude is something that I have not always practiced, yet have at the same time. I fully appreciate the ridiculousness of that opening sentence. Like everything in life, gratitude is a practice, and sometimes we fall off the mark. I have always expressed thanks to people, sometimes I should do
Just Start I'm back in the US, at my base– where things are comfortable and familiar and I have plenty of space of my own to do my thing. I've traveled for seven months this year– two months in south Mexico and five months in Europe. I find
A Sign, or the Power of Thought Are there things such as signs? Does the universe work for us? Our thoughts produce energy, and thus, does that energy just manifest itself in the real world? Or do we see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe? I'm back in the
Commitment One of life's cornerstones. Without it, it's difficult to do anything--especially build. You have to commit to daily habits and practices for most things if you ever want to make anything happen: relationships and partnerships, being physically fit, writing a book, acquiring an education, 'building&
A Smile Will Get You Everything I'm in the train station and a lady comes talking to the cluster of chairs. She has a big beaming smile, with big white teeth, and a joyous voice. She then directed her attention to me. She's from Mauritious originally it turns out, the French island
Stop Being a People Pleaser and Focus on the Work Recently I made the decision to travel instead of focusing on the work. Mistake? Maybe. Lesson learned? Absolutely. Although it was good to see some friends and go to new places, in the back of my mind the work brewed and stewed. And in doing so, I couldn't
Focus on the Outcome You Want, Not What You Don't Want Recently I bought something that wasn't exactly what I wanted. I opened the box in the store, looked it over, and begrudgingly bought it. It was a beard trimmer. My cheaply made one, which had all the features I wanted for one bag minimalist international travel, broke. When
You Have to Want it I'm currently staying with my cousin in the suburbs of Paris and yesterday we went to an apero as it were in France. I noticed that one of the ladies I had met a few months before was smoking. She wasn't back in May. I asked
Show Up The late, great Louis L'Amour was quoted saying: "Start writing, no matter what. The water doesn't flow unless the faucet is turned on." In other words, show up and do the work. This can be applied to anything in life you wish to achieve.
Do Your Best I started working out again three weeks ago. I had been on a hiatus as I've been travelling all over Europe since the end of April. I tend to not do any exercising while traveling. The same goes for reading. Instead I prefer to spend whatever time I
Yes, and! One of life's secrets to success, or at least a contributing factor to a more positive environment. "Yes, and!" is the first rule of improv. I learned this when I was taking improv classes at UCB in Los Angeles. It is a phenomenal tool and requires
Just Do It and Do It Now I've fallen out of practice. I haven't posted in awhile and I haven't written anything outside of my daily morning pages. That's bad. Or is it? In reality we shouldn't judge. Life happens, priorities, and we all react differently. And
Life Philosophy Do the Opposite This website, this blog, and this very post is me doing the opposite. This is my first draft of a blog post ever and a newly created website. I have battled resistance for a very long time (one could argue years), with resistance winning every time. So instead of me
Keto / Carnivore Diet Keto Carnivore and Travel Why travel if you're doing a carnivore diet? I'm in a limbo right now--feeling frustrated and stuck. I've been doing keto since November 2020 and love it. I could travel on it and be fine. However, since I wasn't feeling optimal, I
Keto / Carnivore Diet My Keto Journey Thanksgiving 2020, 26 November, is my official keto start date after a transition period. It took six weeks of shovelling down (and donating) all non-keto friendly foods, including non-clean and processed foods, from my shelves and fridge. I did a triage in the beginning to see what was no longer
