What’s truly important to me, and am I doing it? What’s holding me back from that “someday” project? And how can I unlock extra time to start something new? All that and a moment of truth about this podcast coming at you in today’s episode of Photosynthesis! Show Notes: “Just Do It!” meme. Intro &…
Should I spend my time taking in content? Is trial and error learning the way to go? Can the copious amount of cat videos I consume further me in life? Learn the answers to these questions, as well as how not to cook mac ‘n cheese in this week’s episode! Show Notes: Intro & outro…
I recently started a podcast! … Well, kind of. I recorded the first episode, and I have ideas written down for 33 more beyond that. I’m hoping to make this a weekly show that will go either 6 months or a year (still deciding on that). The reason I say “kind of” is because…
School should be more practical and directly applicable to the real world. I am forever bothered by how useless many class assignments feel. Yes, I do realize that learning can be found everywhere and in everything, but can’t school curriculum be a bit more interesting and useful? It is hard to be engaged in school…
Personality tests fascinate me, but they rarely offer much return for my time. Pretty much all the Facebook-shared personality tests are just for fun and give no truly useful information. The Meyers-Briggs test seems ok, but the results are never particularly useful to me. Plus, nearly every time I take it I seem to be…
An acquaintance of mine recently wrote a blog post about how irony is stunting your relationships. I agree with him, however, I think it goes deeper than that. Fearlessness and confidence are overvalued by our society. Everybody idolizes those people who appear unshakable. Everyone gets coached on how they need to present themselves with confidence…
There is no Good Card For This: What to Say and Do When Life is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love. There is no Good Card For This by Emily McDowell and Kelsey Crowe, PH.D. is one of the best and most useful books I have read in ages. Seriously, if you only…
As I’ve watched friends get married over the past several years (and watched other friends plot what their dream weddings would look like), I’ve come to a conclusion… Nerds have the best weddings. So much of the time, every wedding feels the same. Flowers, candles, sometimes bells. Fancy outfits and food, elegant yet serious…
As a child I grew up hearing horror stories about all the creeps from the internet who would kidnap young ladies. I had all the warnings that many 90’s/early 2000’s kids got about how one should never meet anyone from the internet. Yet somehow, despite all of this, I now find myself in the year…