
People love to say “follow your passion” like it’s a GPS setting. They also love saying “be more productive” like we’re all half-broken machines that just need a firmware update. Put those two together and you get a lot of guilt: you’re either not doing enough of what you love, or you’re not doing it…

Most people think lessons arrive in grand speeches, big disasters, or perfectly packaged “aha” moments. They don’t. Life teaches in the small things — the irritating moments, the quiet observations, the mistakes nobody else sees, and the tragedies you never asked for. That’s where the real curriculum sits. I’ve been through enough to know that…

Reflections on the Universe: Cosmic Thoughts There are days when the universe feels too big, and other days when it feels uncomfortably close. You look up — or imagine the “up” that people talk about — and you start wondering whether any of this makes sense, or whether we’re all just improvising our way through…