what is the best game in town? that would be a good title for a big no? the best game in town is the one that involves you whole heartedly and frees from all fear and confusion. its found by challenging yourself outside your comfort zone and analyzing who are in the discomfort. the best…

Here I am waiting for Melissa to finish with her root canal. Poor girl got depression and didn’t brush her teeth for a few weeks. Now we’ve gone all over the towns of Zipaquirá looking for an emergency dentist, open on a Sunday—the holy day in this Catholic region. After taking a little bus (buseta,…

How many players play your video game? How many citizens vote in your elections? What’s the reader sentiment of your latest book? Focusing on user adoption can drive your results, so make it a priority objective to measure from the beginning. But what about artists, those wild and primal creatures of the chaos regions? Won’t…

I lost my head in Antwerp Centraal Station. I thought my bag was lost and panicked — but No! It’s safely stored in Schipol airport. Duh! I forgot about becoming a tourist; what a simple and profoundly comforting identity.

A bit of a rant on the ideas of pleaaure and fulfillment. Comments welcome! Most people know the difference between pleasure and fullfilment. Pleasure is a momentary sense of satiation, contentment, or bliss. Fullfilment is a longer rampup of meaning and a sense of meaningfulness in one’s life. Meaningfulness, as in, confirmed impact on others…

I wrote a few opening paragraphs of a short story in my notebook. The OCR (handwriting to text) turned it into garbage that might get mistaken for sculpture in a gallery no one can afford to view: The Distania dool loves no play laids, finger pur daisaad nine a a bachgonn Phroughout Me wolk Jag,…

We all live by certain rules, some more consciously than others. Do I know what rules govern me? Sure, there’s the obvious ones like “stop at red lights” or “don’t murder” — but what about the rules that cause you angst, that chafe, or that dim your inner light? Personally I’ve labored under many unwritten…

If I had known then what I know now—would I have dropped out of school as a teenager? No. In fact, I would have done even better in school. I would have worked consistently and efficiently, focusing on achieving the best results with the least wasted effort. I would have applied proven study strategies to…

When the world seems indifferent or cruel, it’s easy to ask, “Where’s the customer service in God’s world?” It can feel like there’s no one to lodge a complaint with, no fixes coming. But here’s the thing: there’s a difference between resignation and acceptance. Resignation is nihilistic — it drains you, focuses on what’s broken,…