We know ourselves, more or less. I know my height and weight and my birthday. I also know that it takes me some time to get comfortable with people, to come out of my shell. Then there are characteristics that are less concrete, less knowable. These might come up when a potential employer weirdly asks,Continue reading “Jack of All/Many/Several Trades”
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Some Sentences and Phrases that Need Context
Language is one of the most incredible tools that humanity has. I love it. I only know one language, English [obviously], and I know that English gets a bad rap for not making sense, having strange spellings and contradictions, but I love it. I do. Human beings have contradictions! Anyway, whatever language you speak, theContinue reading “Some Sentences and Phrases that Need Context”
Some Quick Thoughts on Anarchism and Chaos
I’ve been reading this book called The Social Instinct by Nichola Raihani, a psychologist who researches the evolution of cooperation of various species. That’s what the book is about, cooperation. Cooperation between members of a given species, cooperation between different species, the evolutionary source of cooperation, and comparing human cooperation to that of other species.Continue reading “Some Quick Thoughts on Anarchism and Chaos”
Things Might Be Better, But They’re Still Bad [and that’s difficult to accept]
Sometimes people work really hard to improve themselves. It is difficult, and there are setbacks. Let’s take alcohol as an example. A person might drink to a point of drunkenness three times per week, on average. They might recognize this as unhealthy, and they might consider their hangovers to be preventing them from doing whatContinue reading “Things Might Be Better, But They’re Still Bad [and that’s difficult to accept]”
Motivation
I recently attempted to complete a writing challenge called NaNoWriMo, which stands for the National Novel Writing Month. Essentially, it is a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. I did not complete my novel in time, but I am very proud of the incredible progress I made, especially consideringContinue reading “Motivation”
Hating Myself
I think I’ve hated myself in two different ways. The first was the worst and the hardest, the longest-lasting. And the second was still hard but it was easier to deal with on some level. But also, the second form, coming after the first, probably still had some of the first form wrapped up inContinue reading “Hating Myself”
Lefty Forrester 