Eating is both a pleasure and a necessity. An enjoyable obligation. Sensory-stimulating sustenance for our bodies. It’s one of the few things (maybe the only) that is both necessary for survival and a great pleasure. But do we even appreciate the act of eating? Do we even appreciate food itself? Read more…
So I was in the gym in my apartment building the other day. I warmed up on the yoga mat, then made my way to the dumbbells. But before I even picked up a weight, I noticed this guy… Painfully skinny, shrugging spastically jerking dumbbells with reckless abandon. Dropping the weights Read more…
You must know where you’re headed. If not, you will forever wander aimlessly. There must be a purpose behind your motion. You must possess some sense of direction. And yet… You must focus on what is right in front of you, at every moment, to maneuver successfully. You can’t continuously navigate Read more…
“Don’t care what other people think.” Yeah, yeah, yeah… We’ve all heard that more than we heard 50 Cent in 2003. And it would be optimal to never care what others think… But we’re human. We’re social creatures. As hard we try not to, we all care what other people think Read more…
Drunk people scream, shout, yell, chant, sing, laugh, run, jump, stomp, dance, tell you they love you, and everything in between. Why though? One word: EXPRESSION. Normally we (as “adults”) suppress everything. We have way too many inhibitions. We keep most things to ourselves. We’re conditioned to not express ourselves. Read more…
I just spent the weekend in the Canadian wilderness. At an old school fishing club by the name of Bras Coupe, outside of Maniwaki, Quebec. Here’s an idea of how remote this place is. Maniwaki is a small town about 2 hours north of Ottawa. From Maniwaki, we drove almost Read more…
You don’t have to constantly abide by someone else’s rules. You don’t have to do everything the way they tell you. There is no “right” way to do anything. You really don’t HAVE to do anything. Live life on your own terms. There is no right way to do anything. Read more…
Everybody has those times when you lack anything remotely resembling focus. When you feel unmotivated, lazy, lost and without purpose. That feeling like you don’t want to do ANYTHING, and even the task of merely thinking seems like too much effort. You know what I’m talking about. We all have Read more…