I've always had significant trouble sitting in one box. When I was only a writer, I found the mystery explained and carried itself. Nobody quite seemed to know what that was like, as long as it didn't

While there are lots of books and seminars about "life purpose" I often wonder whether it's even a THING...

We gather in half light, Shoulder pressed to shoulder Each rehearsing The lines we think... But truth is unrehearsed thing, It stumbles onto stage, Without a cu

Retirement is better if you treat it as your new full time job.

Hace unos días visité el Decanato de Humanidades y Artes de la UCLA, y para mi sorpresa había una exposición de obras de los estudiantes y aunque le tomé fotos a las que más me gustaron, hubo una en especial

I don't know why, but my mind's eye keeps imagining headless chickens running around an open empty space, thankfully there are no sounds on these images, so I can only watch with a mixture of horror and

Christmas is important but the hype and marketing isn't

A dear friend sent me this fascinating Substack around consumerism in December (as traditional and predictable a subject around this time as the gifts and excessive decorations it decries). It was clever

She loves her job, even though it doesn't pay well enough to cover all her basic needs and would rather stay at her present job than find a relatively better-paying one that solves for the necessity of

Fuente || Source Como de costumbre, casi siempre siento una inspiración que me impulsa a expresar pequeños destellos de pensamientos capaces de generar claridad sobre ciertos aspectos de la existencia.

Meaning and Purpose in Life What is essential for you to be happy? ChatGPT cannot give you that answer. Because every human being has their own meaning and purpose in life. What is the meaning of life?

The past few weeks have been... dramatic.

A cup would appear to be very simple, in that it is merely a vessel used for drinking as we use it every day. But when you investigate it further, there is so much more now beyond the definition of a household

Time is a priceless part of our life. Once time passes, it can never be regained. When it is gone, it becomes of no use anymore. There is a saying, “One fault in time causes ten faults later.” To progress

There is a common perception that people in the past were better builders, writers, thinkers, and craftsmen. This is in part nostalgia, and in part survivorship bias. What does this tell us today? And

A Search for Meaning Through Ink

Hay en el folklore popular demasiadas frases que nos las enseñan desde niños y que se te quedan grabadas en el subconsciente, aunque nunca te hayas puesto a pensar detenidamente en lo que quieren decir.

Some opportunities come at you out of the blue. I saw an ad on social media on Thursday for a theatre troupe/school looking for part-time work, and I tentatively shot them an email. I didn't really consider

Something that resonates inward