Growing up and slowly realizing we don't have to fight the flow of life can be extremely refreshing and revitalizing, although at the same time it can feel very disorienting, especially when we start to perceive just how much energy we've been directing towards fantasies and illusions. It can be embarrassing when we find ourselves … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 149: Changing Directions
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500 WORDS, DAY 128: Ready for Whatever
Expectations are tricky. Often times, we would most likely find that we wouldn’t have gotten so disappointment by a situation’s outcome, had we not expected it to go in a very different way. When things don’t go our way, it can sometimes feel like we need to rebel, or simply keep a bad attitude, about … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 128: Ready for Whatever
500 WORDS, DAY 107: Keeping One’s Inner Child Alive
Aldous Huxley, one of my favorite writers, wrote about the importance of keeping one's inner child alive even through the hardest of situations. What is so unique about a child's perspective on the world? Well, one thing I think makes a child's perspective on life not only very unique and fresh, but also quite wise … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 107: Keeping One’s Inner Child Alive
500 WORDS, DAY 85: Life as a Blog Post
Writing. Stream of consciousness Part 2. Don’t overthink it. Get the words on the page. Each letter has a life of its own. It forms a part of a family. Its family is the word it is a part of. Except it doesn’t grow. It stays in its place, as part of its family. Its … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 85: Life as a Blog Post
500 WORDS, DAY 67: Living Through Goals & Experiments
wonder when this thing will become weird, you know what I mean? I mean, right now it’s only been sixty-seven days, but what about when I’ve been writing for thousands of days straight? Who knows? Maybe it’ll never matter at all, no matter how many days I go for. After all, I’m just one person … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 67: Living Through Goals & Experiments
500 WORDS, DAY 65: Appreciating Uncertainty
I think it would do us all a lot of good to embrace the uncertainty of life, to have an open and inviting attitude towards change, even when we know if could be uncomfortable or even totally dreadful. Now, I don’t speak as an authority on this at all. I love my life, and the … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 65: Appreciating Uncertainty
500 WORDS, DAY 42: Sober Day, Stoner Life
August 11th, 2024. I don’t know if those count as three words, let me check. Yeah, according to Microsoft Word they do count as words. Nice, three words in, yay! If you’ve read some of my previous posts that start like this you might imagine that I’m facing some sort of writing problem, leading me … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 42: Sober Day, Stoner Life
DAY 29 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
The days pass and everything changes like the year's seasons. We search for meaning but things happen seemingly without reason. We laugh and we cry and we try our best to forget the fact that we were born to die. We were born to die but we were also born to live. We were born … Continue reading DAY 29 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
DAY 20 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
Life. I feel like whenever I sit down and start to write, whenever I want to get something important written down, not anything specific but just something important and deep, the word "life" always pops into my mind first. I guess it's because I'm always contemplating life in general, and it's cool but scary how … Continue reading DAY 20 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
DAY 17 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
It's time to take control of your life and be who you were meant to be. It's time to let go of old attachments, to let go of all insecurities and doubts; life is simply too short to spend it crying over spilled milk. What's done is done, it is what it is. I have … Continue reading DAY 17 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
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