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Alright, who decided it’s cool to be negative?
Looking back, I think it started in elementary school, when suddenly things became divided into categories. Things were cool or lame. Activities were exciting or stupid. People were all of the above.
And although we’re expected to mature as we age, I often find that very little has changed in the negativity department. In both my personal and professional life, I’ve encountered quite a few [...]

I’m going to have a rant that’s been a long time coming.
Age does not equal experience.
Throughout the course of the past two weeks, I’ve encountered this concept and I have to say that it frustrates me. No, makes me furious is more like it.
Since when did a number indicate that someone was more knowledgable? When did the duration that someone’s been alive equate to wisdom? I’m sorry, but your age is not indicative of whether [...]

2009 is done. It’s gone. That’s it. Over with. Now it’s time to move on and look forward to 2010.
For the past few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want my 2010 to be like. I don’t want it to be like the last few months of 2009. Too much ugliness. I do however want to continue surrounding myself with the people I care about – something I’ve been doing since I [...]

Things happen. We all know this, but sometimes, we forget.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been stretched pretty thin. It was midterm season – not my favorite time of year – and I found myself clinging to what little sanity I had left by reading instead of writing. This morning, I finished Love, Again by Doris Lessing. It was interesting and I found a few themes that she also shares in Briefing for a Descent [...]

Alright, so summer is almost over and I’ve already purchased my school supplies, but that doesn’t mean that I have to give up on enriching my young mind with a good reading list, which I will share with you:
1. Tribes by Seth Godin
Completed. I thought it was a decent read, considering its short length and interesting subject matter. However, Godin left me a bit disappointed. I thought that this book would offer a little [...]