The reminder I spent years trying to silence
My alarm went off yesterday morning, and I hated it the way I always do. Not the sound, but the fact it went off. Something external deciding when my day
What the sky looked like
Eighteen years chasing a championship. We won. I raised my arms, looked at the sky, drove home, and went to bed. The feeling was relief, not joy.
The finish line that turned out to be a checkpoint
One observation. We won the championship after eighteen years. I raised my arms, looked at the sky, drove home, and went to bed. The dominant feeling was relief. Before the
The rejection that costs nothing
One observation. Every expensive thing I've ever dismissed was something I couldn't afford. I've never rejected a Lamborghini from a position where I could
Before you can afford to say no
A Lamborghini drove past me last week. Bright green, loud, impossible to ignore. My first thought was immediate: I would never drive that. I've had that reaction for
Why is success never enough
A friend of mine is a C-level. He makes good money, has a family, and a career most people would be satisfied with. We recently had a chat where
Where did you learn that safety lives outside of you?
One observation. I walked through the neighbourhood where I grew up and a memory surfaced that stopped me. A kid walking between apartment blocks, looking at windows, wondering if somewhere
The boy between the buildings
I walked past the apartment blocks where I used to wander as a kid, looking for a girl to love me. I recognized the feeling. I'm still doing it.
Why do I stress about decisions that turned out fine
A friend of mine bought a house last year. Good price, good location, the kind of decision most people would feel proud of. Instead, he spent weeks in a quiet
The number that would make me safe
The company was sold. I couldn't sleep. Started calculating what I'd need to feel safe. Around 2am I realized the math was hiding something.
The answer was in my pocket
One observation. Last night I couldn't sleep because the company I consult for was sold. My mind went straight to math. How much in the bank, how much
The job I talked myself out of
I torpedoed two job interviews and spent years calling it self-sabotage. Turns out my gut was refusing things that weren't mine before I could.