My disparate worlds were unified when I found John Vervaeke. For many years, I felt like my existence was split in two, as if there were two sides battling in me. One was the rational part, which championed science and…
Gone are the days when someone’s follower count… counted. Credibility isn’t tied to celebrity anymore. It’s no longer the case that you need to be a Harvard-educated, mustache-twirling intellectual, or to have graced a Forbes list for people to lend…
Prelude 6 am, alarm rings. Amy promptly raises her head from the silk pillowcase and with a choreographed move, one that would make even a Russian ballerina jealous, she stops the jingle on the phone. She checks her sleep app. …
“Let me show you something,” she said, as if she was going to let me in on a secret. Brimming with excitement, her eyes alight with anticipation, my mom opened an overhead cabinet and, making an effort to reach inside,…
Just like our life is measured in days, our writing is measured in sentences. And just like our days, to make it count, you must have good ones. A manuscript will only be as good as the individual sentences that…
Reading fiction usually doesn’t make the list for “[insert number] things you need to do to get your life around,” but maybe it should. If you spend enough time in some corners of the internet, you may get the impression…
If you don’t think a liberal education would be of value to you, you’re precisely the person who needs it the most. It is said that one of the greatest displays of courage is to deviate from the beaten path.…
Productive procrastination is when you delay important tasks or responsibilities while still engaging in other tasks that are considered productive, but less essential. In essence, it involves avoiding one task by working on something else that still provides a sense…
In my quest for knowledge, I’ve observed a puzzling behavior: although I have more than 300 books on my “to read” list, I never cease to search for new reading material. I do this not because I am seeking the…
Good books are like friends. You don’t meet with a good friend only once. There are conversations to have over coffee, when waiting for the subway or after a glass of wine. The subtleties and particularities of both of you…