essays + ideas
Chasing the sublime: how to live your life like an adventure
Can anyone experience excitement or wonder without spending hundreds of dollars traveling the world?
After a few months of tweaking my mindset, I think so.
Here are three simple ways anyone can turn their life into an adventure:
My biggest win ever: and how you can be a leader
I’ve been reflecting a lot on this story, and what it means to be a leader. It inspired me to write down some lessons I learned. This is the word professionals love, so I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring with a few ideas.
Sports and the power of the modern day storyteller
In the same way books or movies have this ability to provide narratives in people's lives, I believe sports accomplish this very same thing; letting us belong to other realities outside of standard everyday life.
Think about it.
FAST reading: how I fly through a book every week
Until a year ago, one of the few books I had finished was The Giver. As of early 2023, I've run through 40 novels.
Three things changed my approach: a product, service, and habit.
My Favorite Piece of Art
If you were to ask me what it feels like to watch this movie, what I would best compare it to is like driving in a horrific motor accident.
It’s ugly, frequently morbid, and ultimately induces stress. And yet, you can’t stop yourself and just stare at the whole thing as you pass by.
My favorite things of 2022
With many negative headlines, I thought I would share some highlights. Here are just a few:
A First week in coding: sets, strings, integers and many errors
In all seriousness, after the first “real” week of python, I have some thoughts.
“And what's psychology got to do with CS?” you may ask. I don’t know either, but I always like experimenting so I thought I’d take a crack at this.
Here are some insights after week one:
Habitica: How to turn your life into a video Game
After scouring the internet for different trackers, I think I may have just found something really special, and it's because this one takes advantage of a concept called gamification.
Saving Virtual Reality
In this essay, I'll outline three key issues plaguing Virtual Reality, and offer some solutions businesses can take to save it.
The Donda Hive Switch
These first 6 minutes of the Donda Listening Party when the song “24” played, is my closest experience with what author Jonathan Haidt calls, the “Hive Switch.” This might come as a surprise, but everyone has a “Hive Switch” inside of them, unlocking it just requires certain conditions.