Tag: Reflection

  • #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…

  • #15 My Contentious Goal of 2023

    First Written: 23-Feb-2023 | Thu SPEND MORE FREAKIN’ MONEY DUDE! Legitimately. That’s my goal. 2023. Spend more money. No, I don’t make more money. No major lifestyle changes happened. But yes, I want to actively burn more cash. I just got off the phone with my buddy T that I’ve know since I was 6.…

  • #14 It’ll Change Your Life

    28-Nov-2022 | Mon “No seriously. It’ll change your life.” “Dude” “I’m being serious” “It’ll change your life.” “Dude.” “Try it” “I’m serious” In the span of a week I must’ve heard that phrase 10 times over. “It’ll chance your life”. I told him it was bullshit and there was no way. He doubled down insisting…

  • #13 All-Expenses-Paid-For Resort? Hell no, I’ll Pass

    First Written: 26-Jan-2023 | Thu 14:44 Stop traveling to vacation resorts! Stop it! What’re you doing? Why are you going to another country just to get lost in a subsection of America?? Everyone speaks English anyways. You can buy your margarita mix at Walgreens! What’s even the point of resorts anyways? What new experience are…

  • #9 Ruining Your Relationships 1 Joke at a Time (Part 1)

    A few days ago I was laying on the ground in my room (as one does), staring up at the gray-paint ceiling, and a thought from 3 years earlier popped into my head. It was a conversation I had with a younger cousin about my sister. For whatever reason, my cousin Miles and I got…

  • #8 Don’t Be a Donkey

    I didn’t even like the guy. I’d gone to school with him for 2 years, and pretty much rendered every word that came out of his mouth as utter horse shit. He would start talking and immediately I’d zone out. A bit of a dick move, sure, but have you ever met someone that immediately…

  • #7 The Root of All (Some) Your Problems

    First Written: 25-Oct-2022 | Tue 09:43 What’s going on in your brain right now?– Most people We’re On Different Planets I feel like we all live a totally different world inside of our own heads from what everyone else sees. It’s like totally separate universes that all converge into one timeline that we call our…

  • #6 Make Great Memories because Your Good Ones Are All Lies

    First Written: 02-Dec-2022 | Fri 19:00*All Photos in this article taken by my buddy Albert The other day I was going down some of the Internet’s beautiful rabbit holes and stumbled upon this quote: “As you grow up, make sure you have more dreams than memories, more opportunities than chances, and more friends than acquaintances.”…

  • #5 It SUCKS Getting Choked Out by Your Best Friend

    Written: 09-Nov-2022 | Wed 23:18 There are few things I’ve experienced in this life that make me feel like more of a bitch than being choked out by my best friend. Oh, and uh, yeah, that’s a bit awkward. For the record, it was from wrestling. Yeah, I got choked out… more than once. I’ve…