A Fair Trade

My work is your play. Your play is my work. Differences create opportunities. If puzzle pieces were identical, we’d never be complete. Let’s trade to optimize for everyone’s happiness. Is that a fair trade? Photo by Mo on Unsplash.

Inbetween Blind And A Microscope

A healthy dose of naivety. If approached with the laundry list of obstacles to be where you are today, would you have done it? The obstacles formed the path and the person you are today. There’s a sweet spot between going in blind versus with a microscope. Photo by Art Markiv on Unsplash.

3 Ways To Save A Life In Under 30 Minutes

Giving blood. Flex your mental subordination muscles and save a life. A shortage of blood forces hospitals to defer life-saving surgeries, transfusions, transplants, etc. The direct impact to your local community is fantastic. Donate money to a reliable nonprofit focused on tackling one of the leading causes of death: neonatal conditions, lower respiratory infections, or…

We Went To School Together

It’s a school unlike any other. With enrollment numbers that dwarf those of the Ivy Leagues combined. How do they do it? Enrollment is open year-round. No enforced class load limit. In fact, you’ll find yourself in classes you never knew of, and sometimes which you hadn’t, like snow tire searching, caulking your bathroom, and…

Growth Is Change

It’s not your first time laying eyes on it, but it’s the first time you’ve seen it this way. Because of a new experience. A new friend. A new realization. There’s change in growth.