As an immigrant who’s witnessed first hand the brutality of civil war, who’s witnessed the terrible fear of armed men coming into my home. The terrible invasion of privacy, the very real endangerment of my life, I am horrified by the current state of this country. But I am…

Be honest with yourself, or you won’t be honest with others. Write what you know”, they always say. The only problem is the market for what anyone “knows” has become pretty saturated. Anything really can be googled in a matter of seconds. And while the finance, tech, and scholastic crowds…

True freedom. Anyone who’s who’s ever wanted to become a freelancer, a small business owner, an entrepreneur, has felt its call. I’ve always has this need to answer to no one, to be my own boss. Press the launch button on my dreams and etcetera. But in order to achieve…

“Everyday. A few minutes till 7am. I asked myself the same question. Why? Why do I wake up at the same time every day, a few minutes till 7, to do something I don’t enjoy? Is it the promise of another meaningful and fulfilling day? Nope. More often than not…

Stephen King was once asked in an interview what he thought about writers keeping journals. I remember his self-knowing smirk, his contemplative silence, and the answer he gave the interviewer. “A very efficient way to immortalize bad ideas,” he called it. Back then, this came as kind of a shock…

I recently re-watched The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith and, let me just say, it still strikes the feels all these years later. …

One of the first mistakes I made as a writer was being selfish with my content. I would only write about what interested me, everyone else be damned. And then I’d turn around and expect everyone to read what I was writing. As a result, my articles became few and…

I’ve always valued pain and suffering. As a child, I spent most of my early years in and out of hospitals. Hell, one visit was damn near fatal. I’ve also had my fair share of cuck-ups in life. So, I know a little about pain, about suffering. They’re great teachers…

I feel that anyone with a large platform that garners a substantial amount of engagement should have a professional hater. Hear me out. We often have feelings, right? Sometimes these feelings really rile us up. Burn our goats, those darn feelings do. And sometimes we just want let someone, anyone…