355 Moving It’s the only thing that is ever constant in our lives The very fact that we move towards something Something we wish we knew Or maybe it’s better not to know? Either way, we move We move towards happiness We move towards careers We move towards a person we like and away from Continue reading

353 I think the brain is so funny sometimes. We project our feelings and emotions onto others. Or we escalate our own situations. The brain is powerful because it has such a wild imagination. But that imagination can also be negative. It can lead you to escalate the bad into worse. And what’s funny is Continue reading

This duck-rabbit drawing was first used by American psychologist Joseph Jastrow in 1899 to emphasize that perception is not only what we see, but also something mentally active. Is it bad to be different? Is it weird to say certain phrases, or jokes, or X Y Z? I don’t think there is ever really a cookie-cutter Continue reading

Do you ever feel like you are somewhere else? Not physically, but mentally. Emotionally. You might physically be in class, but mentally thinking about being on a beach, or hanging out with your friends or girlfriend, or playing basketball, or traveling. Even though I’ve spent the past week spending my time in Orlando and at Continue reading

350 Sometimes, even if you know you are spiraling down a path that you didn’t expect to go in, it’s best to ride the spiral. If you hold back, if you keep feeling regret and remorse during and, even worse, anticipating the future regret, it can ruin everything. What if instead, you just let yourself spiral a Continue reading

Daily post 349 Today, Jeff said he lost his phone. Here is the story. Jeff: “Hey, I lost my phone. Can you call it?” Me: “I’m not getting your number, Jeff.” Jeff thinks he’s smooth. I guess he is, but improvements are needed. Especially his magic tricks, like the Queen of Hearts? You’re the Queen Continue reading

Spending time with people who are years ahead of you in a skill you personally are trying to improve is one of the greatest things you can do as an artist I watched two magicians do their magic today at the famous Fantasma Magic store in NYC People who are literally years ahead of me Continue reading

we are humans, yes? are you a human being, or human doing? Can we be a little bit of both? Some days we simply need to be Some days we do Some days we are both Being human is not easy Human doings is not easy Humanity is weird Continue reading

When we fail, we learn what NOT to do next time. We use that as feedback to improve ourselves. But we are missing out on our success. When we succeed, we often just say “thank you” and move on Instead, when you succeed, take a humility approach and ask: what did I do differently that Continue reading