Perfection is to life as comfort is to transatlantic economy class; literally impossible. Without perfection, there are always arguments to make, always fights to pick, and always complaints to be had. Though we consciously admit there is never a perfect solution, we still, time and time again, strive for the ridiculousness of perfection. >
Tag: learning
A Critique of Academics
Most academics live and breathe in a world of highly centralized disciplinary jargon. This jargon helps to foster communication within respective fields; however, the same jargon that benefits communication among peers has dug a distinct moat around their ivy layered halls. >
The Big Q’s
I have recently seen a smorgasbord of articles, blogs, videos, opinions and the like discussing a seemingly benign topic: how to read a book. At first, glance, I thought the topic was dumb; “uh, you open the page, read left to right, top to bottom, and turn the page when you get to the end.” I couldn’t fathom what the individuals were trying to convey; however, after continuous bombardment of the idea followed by a lengthy personal perusing, I reified the following four Q’s to help from everything from reading to working out to vacationing.
How to Achieve Your 2017 Resolutions:
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results, then why do we bother setting New Years resolutions (NYRs)? USA Today estimates that 80% of NYRs fail while Forbes magazine and New York Magazine both estimate a bleaker 92% failure rate within the calendar year. The failure is not only unsurprising, but is preventable!
You Aren’t My Hero
What is a hero? Someone successful? Someone who did something no one else did? Someone who risked his/her life?
John Maxwell and Big Brother
I just concluded rereading George Orwell’s grim novel 1984. The book painted a bleak picture of our future; however, such a future filled with “Big Brother,” “Thought Police,” and criminalization of nearly everything we enjoy, never came to exist (and I will venture to guess that it never will). Thought the fictitious world will remain fiction, one pillar of the made-up governmental structure remains terrifying to me: “Ignorance is Strength.”
Comfort Killer
I am the comfort killer. I sleep very little. I work out to the point of being sick to my stomach. I push myself to do things I hate. I take cold or lukewarm showers. I read books that are agonizingly slow and are sometimes less exciting than watching paint dry. I assure you I am not a masochist or Sysphean. However, many of you are probably wondering, “what the hell is wrong with you?”
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