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Love the Process

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , on December 16, 2012| 3 Comments »

Pages of a book

Many of my best thoughts have come from my intuition, but in at least one case (I’m sure there are many others), I was embarrassingly wrong. What I’m talking about is how one should approach perseverance.

When your eyes grow weary from reading a long book or your legs grow weak from a long jog, I had originally thought that you should become shortsighted if you needed to find the will to continue. That is, only focus on the next immediate milestone in front of you, whether that be the end of the chapter or the end of the street block. Even though you will be able to push yourself a little further this way, it’s not likely you will be breaking any personal records.

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Identities, and New Domain Name… Again!

Posted in Asides, tagged , on December 2, 2012| 5 Comments »

A blank identity card

I know some people will like the domain name change and others will not. Most people won’t even care because they would just like me to put out more content–which I will continue to do, so stop flipping out, ok? ;)

But I want to take this opportunity to address the concerns of the people who do not like the new domain name. “But aren’t you the cool nerd?” Yes, I do consider myself a big nerd in many ways, and I would like to think I’m pretty boss most of the time, but “cool nerd” is just an arbitrary identity label like “artist” or “party girl.” The typical image of an artist is often some moody guy with long disheveled hair painting away in a studio apartment by himself. The typical image of a party girl is often some indecent girl boozing the night away, spending each night in a different bed.

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Killer Instinct

Posted in Get The Girl!, tagged , , , , on November 27, 2012| 2 Comments »

Sword unsheathing

当たって砕けろ
“Go collide and smash into pieces.”
-Japanese proverb

Recently, many of my friends have either gotten married, gotten engaged, or have indicated that their relationships are heading in that direction. While that’s all well and good (I would love to get married myself), many of them have already begun to turn soft. Why does this happen? Since when does being in a serious committed relationship give one permission to get fat, get lazy, and stop kicking ass? Since when is security and stability a reason to lose one’s killer instinct?

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No One Knows The Future

Posted in Get The Girl!, tagged , , , on March 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

An old couple embracing

“Tận nhân lực mới tri thiên mệnh.”
“Only when you have put in your best effort, will you know your true fate.”
-Vietnamese proverb

You see it in the movies all the time. You very seldomly see it in real life. But when you do, it is a charming vision to behold. What I’m talking about is the sight of an old woman and an old man, maybe in their mid-80’s, walking hand-in-hand in the park. It is a rare occurrence, and becoming even rarer.

Wouldn’t that be nice, to find someone with whom you can grow old together? With the divorce rate skyrocketing all over the world, the prospect of loving someone “til death do you part” seems all the more elusive.

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