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Being Honest With Ourselves
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Temporary Forevers.
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October 14, 2019Mental Health & Self-Worth4 min read
My state of mental health: dealing with anxiety and stress.
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I Love You.
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What Are You Afraid Of?
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April 16, 2018Mental Health & Self-Worth10 min read
28 Years of Anger - The Journey So Far
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December 6, 2017Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read
Bigger Than Me.
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Time.
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Nana.
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August 27, 2016Life Notes3 min read
Views from a man in the 3?
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December 30, 2015Grief & Mortality2 min read
Closing Out 2015.
December 10, 2015Grief & Mortality4 min read
Nate.
December 7, 2015Life Notes2 min read
Another Year.
September 13, 2015Life Notes3 min read
Tupac Shakur.
August 6, 2015Purpose & Personal Growth4 min read
Broadening Your Horizons
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A Tricky Concept Called Independence
March 25, 2015Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read
A letter to my younger self
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The Theory of Everything
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December 18, 2014Life Notes4 min read
Concluding 2014
December 16, 2014Friendship & Family4 min read
Friendship
December 14, 2014Dating & Heartbreak3 min read
Relationships
December 11, 2014Life Notes2 min read
25 Years Young (Old?)
2026
September 22, 2026Life Notes6 min read
Maybe the Best Memories Are the Ones We Never Planned
September 16, 2026Life Notes15 min read
Ten Years in Los Angeles: I’m Not the Person Who Arrived Here
September 10, 2026Life Notes6 min read
Can You Still Call Somewhere Home After You Leave?
September 1, 2026Friendship & Family6 min read
When Did Our Parents Start Getting Older?
August 26, 2026Life Notes5 min read
Part Two: The Memories I Haven’t Made Yet
August 18, 2026Life Notes8 min read
Part One: Maybe I Don’t Miss the Past. Maybe I Miss Who I Was Then.
August 10, 2026Purpose & Personal Growth6 min read
Does Everything We Enjoy Eventually Have to Become Productive?
August 3, 2026Friendship & Family5 min read
Most Adult Friendships Don’t End. They Slowly Disappear.
July 27, 2026Mental Health & Self-Worth5 min read
Why Is It So Hard to Relax When Nothing Is Actually Wrong?
July 20, 2026Work, Ambition & Unemployment7 min read
How Do You Stay Ambitious When Work Stops Feeling Stable?
July 13, 2026Purpose & Personal Growth5 min read
You’re Not Behind. The Timeline Was Built for a Different Time.
June 29, 2026Life Notes3 min read
The Blog Is Back.
2025
September 16, 2025Work, Ambition & Unemployment3 min read
How to Support Someone Who Is Unemployed: What Helps vs. What Hurts
April 3, 2025Work, Ambition & Unemployment5 min read
Reflections from Japan, Part Two: The Beauty & Horrors of Timing, Effort, and Building Legacy
March 26, 2025Work, Ambition & Unemployment6 min read
Reflections from Japan, Part One: Searching for Peace & Simplicity In An Unemployed World
2024
June 11, 2024Work, Ambition & Unemployment7 min read
The Complexities of Unemployment
May 9, 2024Mental Health & Self-Worth4 min read
Q&A - May 9 2024
May 1, 2024Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read
Q&A - May 1 2024
February 12, 2024Dating & Heartbreak8 min read
Healthy Relationships
2023
January 22, 2023Purpose & Personal Growth5 min read
Paris Thoughts vol. 2
January 15, 2023Life Notes6 min read
Paris Thoughts vol. 1
2022
December 12, 2022Purpose & Personal Growth6 min read
Tyrell Wrapped: 2022 in Review
September 16, 2022Life Notes10 min read
6 Years in Los Angeles
July 13, 2022Life Notes8 min read
Life Lately.
June 15, 2022Work, Ambition & Unemployment4 min read
This Blog Cost Me A Job
June 13, 2022Friendship & Family7 min read
A Letter I Should Have Written Long Ago
June 5, 2022Boundaries4 min read
What Are Your Non Negotiables?
April 18, 2022Boundaries5 min read
Setting Boundaries With People & Things In your Life
March 22, 2022Grief & Mortality7 min read
This Is A Reminder To Live Life
February 28, 2022Dating & Heartbreak10 min read
So, Love is pretty hard huh?
February 17, 2022Mental Health & Self-Worth3 min read
Who Validates You?
February 14, 2022Work, Ambition & Unemployment4 min read
When You Become Your Work
January 6, 2022Work, Ambition & Unemployment7 min read
So, I lost my job.
January 4, 2022Purpose & Personal Growth6 min read
Sticking To Your Goals
2021
March 26, 2021Purpose & Personal Growth9 min read
Letter To My Younger Self, part two
March 18, 2021Dating & Heartbreak6 min read
Dating Games - Reasons Why You Still Aren't In A Relationship, part three
March 2, 2021Dating & Heartbreak6 min read
Dating Games - Reasons Why You Still Aren't In A Relationship, part two
February 23, 2021Dating & Heartbreak6 min read
Dating Games - Reasons Why You Still Aren’t In A Relationship, part one
February 16, 2021Mental Health & Self-Worth6 min read
Being Honest With Ourselves
February 3, 2021Dating & Heartbreak4 min read
Dealing with Breakups
January 19, 2021Grief & Mortality4 min read
Temporary Forevers.
January 13, 2021Work, Ambition & Unemployment7 min read
Work-Life Balance.
January 3, 2021Dating & Heartbreak10 min read
Lessons I've Learned from Dating - 2021 Edition.
2019
October 14, 2019Mental Health & Self-Worth4 min read
My state of mental health: dealing with anxiety and stress.
June 29, 2019Friendship & Family12 min read
I Love You.
January 9, 2019Mental Health & Self-Worth17 min read
What Are You Afraid Of?
2018
April 16, 2018Mental Health & Self-Worth10 min read
28 Years of Anger - The Journey So Far
2017
December 6, 2017Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read
Bigger Than Me.
May 5, 2017Grief & Mortality4 min read
Time.
February 14, 2017Friendship & Family3 min read
Nana.
2016
August 27, 2016Life Notes3 min read
Views from a man in the 3?
June 6, 2016Grief & Mortality4 min read
The Illusion of Infinity
2015
December 30, 2015Grief & Mortality2 min read
Closing Out 2015.
December 10, 2015Grief & Mortality4 min read
Nate.
December 7, 2015Life Notes2 min read
Another Year.
September 13, 2015Life Notes3 min read
Tupac Shakur.
August 6, 2015Purpose & Personal Growth4 min read
Broadening Your Horizons
April 17, 2015Boundaries4 min read
A Tricky Concept Called Independence
March 25, 2015Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read
A letter to my younger self
February 16, 2015Life Notes3 min read
The Theory of Everything
2014
December 18, 2014Life Notes4 min read
Concluding 2014
December 16, 2014Friendship & Family4 min read
Friendship
December 14, 2014Dating & Heartbreak3 min read
Relationships
December 11, 2014Life Notes2 min read
25 Years Young (Old?)
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