Individual ownership. Teaching yourself to do something. Branding your art a certain way. Redoing a collection to make it fit your vision Having the autonomy to make something you’re proud of, is a powerful cause, a powerful “why”. Photo by Marios Gkortsilas on Unsplash.

Youth perceive adulthood as an eternity away. Working professionals see retirement as a distant oasis. Retirees wonder where all the time went. Life is less about the arrival, more about the now. There are no promises. Photo by Gianpaolo Antonucci on Unsplash.

A black windowless room is half filled with liquid. A single drop falls from the celing. You hear the two meet; silence ensues. You can’t help but wonder, how far did the ripple go? Did they reach the walls? Or meet an obstacle along the way? A raindrop outside the room feels the ripple. It…

Boundaries were a foreign concept for much of my life. Although not equipped with a specific vendetta against them, I was subconsciously bound to an idealogy that avoided them. Boundaries were for those who couldn’t handle, in simple terms, for the weak. What a misconception. Here are five boundaries that have empowered me to live…

“A jack of all trades is a master of none…” Reads the first half of this well-worn saying. The second half reads, “…but oftentimes better than a master of one.” Far from a word of warning, this was a compliment. Both jacks and masters does a world need to run. Photo by Maeva Vigier on…