Ideas are free, execution is priceless.

Broken hearts come from emotionally over investing. We decide that someone or something is the one. This is going to complete us and make us whole and change everything, so we place a dangerously high level of importance on it in our lives. This over investment gives that person or thing complete power over our emotions. But the joke’s on us. Because we are the ones who break our…

If something helps you secure a measure of control in a world of chaos, then it’s worth doing. Even if that sense of control is delusional, it still provides utility value. Because feeling able to influence your reality in any way is deeply motivating and satisfying. My therapist once told me, control may be an illusion, but empowerment isn’t. Meaning, if you believe that you have a role in…

Some people wake up in the morning fraught with potential crises. They constantly feel that the bottom is about to fall out. Minor details that would be nonissues to others seem like insurmountable hurdles to them. Having to cope with life’s daily events is a second full time job. And they’re either late, afraid of being late, or freaking out because they were late. As a result of this…

If your entire identity centers around how much you hate someone or something else, you lost. If you define yourself solely by what you dislike rather than what you enjoy, you’re not living. Now, there’s no rule that says you have to love everything and everyone, but if your default response to the world is to demonize things, give problems even more energy and create unnecessary psychological fuel around…

When someone’s opinion goes against the majority it’s deemed unpopular. Which is essentially just code for wrong, infuriating, shameful and offensive. People are now ostracized, penalized and cancelled for what the world assumes they meant. Discourse is not even about listening anymore, it’s about judging. I’m right, you’re wrong, has officially degraded into, I’m right, you’re evil. This is why entire message boards and communities are built for people…