Back in my senior year of college, I had my "wannabe baller" phase. What that meant was, I would shoot hoops almost every day, workout, and watch all the AND1 Mixtapes on a loop. ("Sauce!") And although my hoop dreams were short-lived due to my own idiocy, I did learn one very important lesson from ...
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I know a very inflammatory person who tends to make even the simplest conversation adversarial. Innocuous remarks turn into arguments as the volume raises and defense shields are activated. Contempt starts to ooze from their pores, even when it is completely uncalled for.
Typically, it's not fun ...
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Never forget that there are people who actually prefer to argue and be upset. Chances are they don't *actually* enjoy it; instead, it's often because they grew up with that environment and cling to the familiar.
I would know.
Because that's me.
As I've aged, I see my family as a curse ...
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Warning: I swear a lot in this article and make rude comments. So (1) please do not take this seriously and (2) grab some boba and enjoy!
Recently, one of my good female friends encouraged/challenged/pleaded with me to try OkCupid and — like I do with all the other things I don't care about — I ...
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Everyone wants to be happy, but how do we actually get there?
The hell if I know.
Just kidding. (Otherwise, it would be a really short article.) Philosophically speaking, happiness is. It's there. We just do a really good job of clouding it, obstructing it, and destroying it our desires, ...
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