https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwmJ7wPF27s Here I am. Awake. I got up at 5:00 A.M. and now I’m beginning to write you this blog post at 5:15. After my first summer of adopting a regular teenager’s sleep patterns I decided I was going to establish rising early as a habit again. I figured doing so would be good preparation … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIouerqAQ9U I’m not going to claim I give perfect advice, but based on mistakes I’ve made in the past and mistakes I’ve seen others make I’d like to extend some perspective to you offering a couple things to consider when giving others advice. (1.) Don’t Impose Your Values On Others This one’s HUUUUGE. Recently I’ve … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNIKUFnsp0 Last September I began recording a video for every blog post I published. I decided to do this because I thought doing so would be a good way to expand the community here. I’m not sure how many of you found me and the community here through my Youtube videos, but making these vlogs … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRUBzpW3jfs As a kid I was typically down to Earth and “low energy” when I socialized with other people. That’s not to say I was relaxed (as I certainly suffered from moderate to major social anxiety). Rather what I’m saying is that I took myself very seriously and I often had difficultly expressing myself. I … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKIBfPP7MPU I’ve been working a “Dead-end” job for about two weeks now. While it’s not my ideal work I’m obviously getting something out of it. If I wasn’t taking any value from the job I would’ve quit by now. With that being said, I’d like to use this post to offer you some perspective and … [Read more…]
Earlier this month I was on a blogging streak. I wrote 10 post in 10 days (only 9 appear because I deleted a post regarding a change to my youtube channel). Today’s post, however is the first in over a week. What happened? I decided to snatch an opportunity to get some experience working in … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvkhVKGrTw In the past I had a weird hangup regarding socializing. Whenever I was in a bad mood I would elect to stay home. Even if my friends had invited me to a party or the beach I would stay home because I didn’t want them to see me in anything less than an optimal … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSG2A8zJDc We’ve all had negative social experiences. Maybe you had a night where you kept trying to make jokes, but nobody laughed at them. Maybe you went to a school dance or the club and people kept rejecting your offers to dance with them. In either case you probably felt pretty bad afterwards. Fortunately, while … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZiPDBUGrjo You may assume that juggling is just a goofy hobby. You would be wrong. Well, sort of. Juggling is a goofy hobby, but it’s also much more than that. Juggling is a spectacular teacher. It’s taught me patience (to some degree), commitment, and consistency. Perhaps even more importantly than all of those, however, is … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv2hqVCtpF8 The rate at which you learn any given subject or skill is rarely linear. When you begin learning a language progress is relatively quick. In a week or two you can go from speaking none of a foreign language, to saying hello, counting and asking people how they’re doing. However, after a while progress … [Read more…]