I have a nearly obsessive fixation with eradicating ignorance from my life. Simply stated, I love to learn. Sometimes I wonder if I enjoy knowing as much as I enjoy learning. It’s sort of like the feeling of watching a TV show for the first time vs. having watched it already. If I could erase...
There’s this thing I do. From time to time, I notice myself drifting towards things that are the opposite of what I value. I get distracted. There are a number of factors that cause this. First, humanity is dynamic. I drift because I am constantly changing and evolving as a being. I’ve noticed that when I...
Perhaps some people really don’t know any better. Or maybe it’s more nuanced than that. Perhaps there is a large subsection of the population that never got a chance to see it up close. Maybe for these people it is just a concept. Maybe it’s like the abominable snowman. I could see how it could...
In order to properly launch into the hit series “Cobra Kai” (season three comes out tomorrow… wooo!), I decided to go back and watch all of the original Karate Kid movies. It took me a few days to get through the series but I thoroughly enjoyed them. I gained much inspiration from the late Pat Morita’s...
There’s one extremely easy way to experience “the Christmas miss” this year. What is “the Christmas miss”? It is when you neglect to give your “presence” to the people who matter most to you. This year I’m extremely blessed to have family coming to my new home. I’ve been waiting for this with anticipation for months....
An area of my life in which I’ve found a mixed level of satisfaction is my ability to determine whether or not I should take a gig. It’s always a delight when I take a gig and feel great about the whole situation at the end of it. However, if you do (or have done) gigs...
The following is a journal entry that I wrote on January 3rd, 2020. I journal in an app called "Day One" which I highly recommend. This app allows me to use tags. I have a tag that I started over a year ago called "#TheRecord" in which I review the game tape on my bouts...
Here’s what I’m learning this week and two ways it is intersecting with my life. This week, I’m learning about how we learn. More specifically, I’m learning about how we develop greatness. I started a new book that I’ve been meaning to get to for years. I first heard about this book in 2016 on a podcast...
It’s the day before the election. I’m sitting here at my new house in Glendale. My brother and I just moved last weekend. Boxes are everywhere. We are slowly putting together the remaining pieces from our past life in Simi Valley. One chapter is closed and a new one has begun. I’m massively grateful for this...
This post is really a clarification to myself of a truth that I feel the need to embrace in this season of my life. I feel this way because I know how profoundly aloof that I’m capable of being. I feel that most people could probably relate to this sentiment. If things are capable of...