1:00PM “We made a conscious decision to not fight in front to you children,” my mom said to me a few years ago. This conversation came a few months or …
9:00AM I keep having these weird dreams. Or maybe they’re not that weird, they just seem weird for the times that we’re in. I dreamt about playing basketball in the …
5:00PM I often will say that I’m not a computer programmer, that I don’t understand this stuff, and really, I’m just a beginner or amateur. And that may be true. …
1:00PM “We’re facing a mental health crisis.” Almost every time I read the phrase “mental health,” I cringe. Or maybe it’s more of frustration bursting out of my pores, wanting …
9:00AM This is the 58th straight writing that I have started on time. In a way, I’m shocked. After going quite a few years without a steady 9-5 job, I’ve …
5:00PM I’m not sure what to write. I’m sure this has happened before, but also can’t remember if I was just so honest about it. I just came in from …
1:00PM “I want to step into my role as a world leader.” I said this statement a few years ago, I think 2015, at the end of a training in …
9:00AM Everything is starting to feel the same. Same conversations. Same people. Same foods. Same thing, different day. I mean, the weather is changing, but that’s about it. I guess …
5:00PM I reflect on the emotional conflict that I’m currently experiencing and what keeps coming up is the conflict that I’ve avoided. There are at least five people, off the …
1:00PM Why don’t I want to show how I feel? Why don’t I want people to know more about my body, what I’m thinking, what I’ve done, and other aspects …
9:00AM As I type this, I feel a strong desire to use the bathroom. In some cultures, it’s OK to say this, in others, it’s not OK. By cultures, I …
5:00PM “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to resolve conflict through peaceful means.” —Ronald Reagan I would create another version of it as well: “Love is …
1:00PM Emotional conflict. Perhaps that’s what it is. For the past eight years, I’ve been searching for ways to describe the work that I do, to hone the essence of …
9:00AM The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and spring is arriving. Today is May. We spent all of April in our houses on lockdown, doing our best to …
5:00PM I wonder what society would look like if it had more reconciliation and less retribution? More healing and less vengeance? If I feel hurt by something and I think …
1:00PM I really appreciate when someone is good at what they do. I was just reading an essay about social networks and the inherent status-seeking competition that the popular ones …
9:00AM Many people in the US are now calling for the shelter-at-home/stay-at-home orders to be lifted, saying that forcing someone to stay home is fascism and that this country is …
5:00PM I like cover songs. I really enjoy when an individual or a band will take a song from the past and reinterpret it, adding their own personality and flavor …
1:00PM Let’s say I’m a public figure who wants to hide something. It can be something that I’ve done that it’s illegal, something immoral, or something about which I personally …
9:00AM I woke up this morning and tried a new tactic to relax my body—I tried to reach my arms down as far as I could by my side. I …