Ideas are free, execution is priceless.

Some people can’t make decisions without other people. They’re overly dependent on others to give them reassurance, even for the most mundane things. One of the designers from an old job used to be like this. She would second guess, edit, censor and doubt herself into a frenzy on an hourly basis. Even mundane things, like where to go for lunch. By the time she was finished ruminating, researching…

Falling in love has been called a socially acceptable form of insanity. It’s also been called the most prudent form of accident in our lives. But that’s the beauty of it. The fact that you can’t make love happen by going out and looking for it is what makes it so special. It’s called falling in love because falling is an activity that you can’t do on purpose. For…

Normal is the most relative term in the dictionary. Take childhood. If everyone beats you up in your house, you grow up thinking that’s how houses are. Your frame of reference simply doesn’t know any better. It’s only when you go out into the world that you realize, holy shit, not everybody’s youth was chaotic like mine. Similarly, if everyone loves and respects you as a kid, you might…

Not everyone will be able to relate to your happiness. Certain people will treat your desires with disgust and rejection. Some might even resent the shit out of you because you have the nerve to actual enjoy things. It’s the strangest reaction. Who knew that being fulfilled would be such an affront to people’s soul? The key is not getting sucked into the vortex. Because there will definitely be…

What if everyone we met was just as human as we were? What if we were all just wounded animals trying to heal ourselves as we sit alone in dark corners? What if people deserved to be treated with dignity, regardless of their current circumstances? What if every individual you engaged with was just a brokenhearted warrior striving to be a little bit better each day? There’s no way…