This desire to be wealthy rides more on the coattails of helping the world while doing the things I love rather than getting sloppy rich, lazy and unconscious. I could write an entire essay or blog post on how I’d use money to positively change the world around me (note to self). By...
When it comes to creative gifts for girlfriends, nothing is quite as thoughtful as a pair ofthigh-highsocksthat leave little to the imagination. On one hand, this pair will come as a very thoughtful gift for your lovely girlfriend. It will be something that will keep her feet warm and ...
Grandma Ward was mostly the opposite of these things. She was witty, dressed nice, and literally smelled like roses. But that wasn’t why I loved her. A few months later, I brought my new girlfriend, Julie, to the corner of Water and Main. I’m not sure if our relationship would h...
metamorphose lasts about 2 years, I don't have two years I would think, but now I understand that it takes this time to knock you permanently out of your old life patterns, if it wasn't for this, I don't think I would have ever changed, I just couldn't see things any different....
6. Pay Attention To The Little ThingsIt’s the little things that matter. I always say you’ve got a winner if your partner offers to take the middle seat on a plane and let’s you have the window seat. Or, you know you’ve got a serious lover when he or she will give you his...
So it′s normal to havefriendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk aboutthings that other cultures would regard as personal. On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-termrelationships are more important. A Malaysian or ...
I'm not watching anime or reading manga, you can find me impulsively buying kawaii things from stationery and snacks to other aesthetic things I 'need'. I also dream about visiting Japan one day, both for its culture and anime, while hoping to master the romantic language that is Japanese...
Zinsser goes on to say that a good ending is a sentence or two, or paragraph in length, but not any longer. It should take the reader by surprise and seem like the correct place to stop. Zinsser writes that when you are ready to stop, stop. Here are a few things to consider when...
Supposing youth ever did wane and, improbably, we did morph into adults someday, the only things we thought of being were policemen, firemen, doctors, or lawyers. I liked the first two options. You know, normal schoolboy fantasies. Most people in Hearne, Texas were farmers, but my family...
But I was angry because I knew if he didn’t do everything he could to beat the cancer, I would lose my dad. My dad who pushed me to do the hard things to be better. To follow the things you love to do. To experience the world. To – and here is where I get a little chee...