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  • #37 Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

    Read time: 7 minutes Get Some Help What is the most challenging obstacle in your life right now?Put it in to one sentence.Say it out loud.Say it. Now. Ok, nevermind.Don’t do that.Stop talking to yourself. That’s weird. Quiet.Stop. For real, what problem do you have?What is the most daunting challenge you’re facing? That problem?Take it…

  • #36 Nobody Gives a Shit About You

    Read Time: 5 mins So here’s the thing. Nobody actually cares about you. Someone woke up on the right side of the bed. Here’s the thing, though.Nobody actually cares about you. They don’t care about where you are or what you’re doing. They don’t care about your lifestyle or your job or your friends. They…

  • #35 Whom Do You Serve, Peasant

    Who the hell are you creating for? Who are you building for? Who are you helping? For me, it’s for me, but I do it for you. It’s the reason I have to edit. It’s the reason I review and edit and sharpen. I’ve got 100s of articles written, but most of them are trash.…

  • #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…

  • Life Update #1 Baby: 46 Weeks of Creation

    9/20/23 First Written: 22-Jun-2023 | Thu 15:14(Pics below) It’s been a while. Welcome. And thank you. It’s me. Colin Douglas. It’s been a little while. Buuuut… At some point or another, you impacted me. For real. Like in a good way. You’ve influenced me and my life, altering the course of it for the better.…

  • #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…

  • #32 The Voice of Doubt Veto

    Man, these people are so damn annoying. The incessant skeptical nagging in life. We could do without. They never stop, either. “You’re not good enough”“Look at what everyone else is doing”“Be better” Every goddamn day. Like today? Really? Could we please cool it? Just for today? I feel relatively confident about my life. I’ve got…

  • #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.…

  • #30 Why Won’t You Shut the Fuck Up

    First Written: 13-Jun-2023 | Tue 08:29 Time to Read: 4 Minutes Does nobody fucking listen anymore? Final Answer: No, they don’t. They never did. Just a bunch of god damn chimpanzees. Allllll running around screeching at each other. SHUT THE FUCK UP. Listen. Shut the fuck up & listen. That’s it. That’s all you have…