Does anyone born in temperate weather have any business being in extremely cold regions? Well, if I never saw a winter or white Christmas again, I wouldn’t shed a tear or miss it. It’s always been at the back of my mind that really successful people could chase the sun and enjoy the best ...

I booked an airbnb to be closer to the city center and after my reservation was accepted, got a call while I was out from someone who was supposedly the owner, asking me to cancel the trip since I had booked it for a weekend, and weekend payments took longer to clear, up till next Friday. He ...

I haven’t figured out my optimal writing routine but this challenge has made me realize I need to, so here’s things I’d like to work on to improve my writing in the new year. write on a constant schedule, at a fixed time. learn when works best for my writing, since mornings aren’t always ...

The idea usually comes first, sometimes in the middle of an experience that makes me go “hmm, I should write about this” Depending on where this happens I’ll probably write down the topic or keyword and then flesh it out gradually until the day I decide to ship the post. In a journal/notebook, ...

Most buttdials these days are actually your hand calling, so it’s easy to forget, or depending on how old you are, not even realize that the word comes from a real time when phones had call buttons that could be pressed when you sat on them A friend called me and I picked up, only to see a ...