When you wrestle with existential questions it’s inevitable to reach a certain intellectual end-point. That intellectual end-point is usually not a comfortable one because it comes with two bummers: – I don’t know anything except that I exist (and even...
If you’re reading this I know you’ve worked on yourself plenty. You’ve laid all your problems out, felt every emotion there is, turned the lights on, faced the shadows, and done all you could to fix whatever you believed needed fixing. At...
Ambition is generally regarded as a good thing. The world loves go-getters. People who want to save the planet, populate other planets, and make Trillions of dollars while doing so. Whatever gets the boats floating. Ambition is telling you that you can’t...
For a long time, I unknowingly believed that the goal was to fix all the aspects of myself I deemed less than acceptable. (This is what the whole self-improvement market rests on.) In short, I tried to perfect myself. I was convinced I could only truly...
“The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.” — William Blake You’ve heard this one. Whether you understood it or not, you know it sounds wise. Perhaps Mr. Blake here has followed his own advice and has become a wise fool. But what...