Category: >g) Custom Life/Evolution: What are we capable of?

  • #64 Brain Soaking

    You are what you eat, right? Is that accurate, accurate?You are what your brain eats, maybe. But not what you eat. On second thoughts, pretty sure you are what your brain eats. The brain is a fascinating playground. It soaks up, frames, and guides our entire lives. The decisions it makes dictate how we feel,…

  • #63 Half-assin’ a Whole-ass Life

    Pretttttyy sure we’re half assin’ this thing… half assin’ a lot… like a-lot-a-lot. We’re half assin’ a whole ass life. Adequate. Alright. Mediocre. Subpar. Subsist. Gettin’ by. Just making it. We’re survivin’. And it’s bullshit. We wade through these waters of life, ambivalent and aimless. We just sort of meander through this thing. Half-alive. Dead…

  • #61 A Perfect Day

    *see the list, skip the story* A few years back I had taken a trip to Estonia. Right after college graduation I was on the Euro-travel grind. I packed up my 40L Backpack and scooped up my one way ticket to Ireland. I met with some friends and had a kickass time in that beautiful…

  • #56 No, I’d Rather Be Distracted

    It’s easier, really.It’s simpler. If I could just chalk it all up to ‘too much’. If my blanket excuse was ‘sorry I’m busy’. It takes the pressure off. The decision is no longer ours. Distracted. We’ve got 1000 things going on, all at the same time. How can we not be? ‘I’ve got to make…

  • #52 Are We All Just Dumb?

    I see it in most Western culture. Granted, that’s where I spend the most time, but I see it in nearly all the cultures I’ve experienced. I’ve seen it in Ireland, Italy, and Iceland, Estonia and other parts of Europe too. We avoid. Everything, all the time. We stop to glance for a second, but…

  • #34 Are We Real?

    First Written: 22-Mar-2023 | Wed A post by the undisputable Jiu Jitsu athlete Gordon Ryan You are a different version of yourself every day. You are a different version of yourself in every interaction.You are a different version of yourself with every person.You are a lie. I mildly discussed this idea in an earlier Newsletter…

  • #33 Grow(ing) Up

    We’re flying away from the nest. You get older. You evolve. Your friends change and you drift apart. Sometimes the friendship’s rekindled and sometimes it isn’t. You move out and you begin to explore. You learn about yourself and discover parts of yourself that you didn’t know existed. You become a new person. It feels…

  • #31 It’s Not Much, but It’s The Advice I’ve Got

    Just like most everything I write about, this might not be 100% factual Truth, but it’s what I’ve learned. My Golden Advice? Just Keep Going. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. Nothing else. Just keep going. This life thing keeps on going.People keep going.Time keeps going.Whether we like it or not, we just keep going.…

  • #29 Dreams and Drugs

    Read Time: 3 minutesFirst Written: 25-May-2023 Dude this dreaming thing?Crack… Yeah, like Crack Cocaine. I mean I’ve never done Crack Cocaine, but if I did I’m pretty sure it’d feel like something else: Dreaming. Dude dreaming is sooo good. Like sooo good. Addicting… without the, ya know, Crack part. Everything you’ve ever wanted. Right there…