I am 23-years-old. It’s been just over a year and a half since I graduated from college. I’ve spent the previous 14 months in Asia, traveling and writing, attempting to stave off the all-too-common disquietude that plagues us after university ends. Some of my friends found jobs right away. Some…
Posts published in January 2020
How discipline can set you free
I used to write at different hours of the day, at different points in the week, and without much of a blueprint or strategy. I would squeeze in spare time during the day or late at night without much rhyme or reason. My writing routine wasn’t much of a “routine”…
This is What Separates Successful Writers from Rookies
Nobody writes a viral article or an award-winning script or a novel worthy of the Pulitzer on their first try. Like any craft worth pursuit, writing takes practice. Beginning as a writer can be daunting because, typically, you start off by writing garbage. Incoherence plagues your paragraphs and ideas float…
What We Need Most But Cannot Grasp
On Hope and the Future Each Christmas and every birthday, we receive gifts. Gifts in the form of toys or games or clothes or jewelry; or maybe a new car or bike. It’s traditional and fun. As nice as they are, these things don’t keep us going into the new…