How many of you set large and lofty goals for yourselves that you're often unable to achieve or that you lose interest in within a few days or weeks after working towards them? I've done this many times in my life and the root of this problem may be that we are working towards our … Continue reading Marginal Improvements Compound into Massive Changes
Author: The Wolf Boy
Non-Fungible Interviews: Rob Levy, Pixel Artist Behind the Dizzy Dragons
Dropped another Non-Fungible Interview on Medium.com, this time with the pixel artist behind the Dizzy Dragons NFT collection. Rob's one of my personal favorites in the space. Just dropping this here in case anyone is interested. Trying to turn this into an ongoing series.Take care Wolf Pack, hope you're all killin' it out there!Link: https://medium.com/@MathewAurelia/non-fungible-interviews-with-rob-levy-pixel-artist-behind-dizzy-dragons-nfts-c58656b0adc9
Thoughts on Stress and Anxiety
The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself with are externals, not under my control, and which have to do with the choice I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself … Continue reading Thoughts on Stress and Anxiety
What are NFTs? The Digital Tokenization Movement
If you are an artist and still don't use [NFTs] (Non-Fungible Token), you are potentially missing [out on] millions of dollarsOlawale Daniel Just a few weeks ago I purchased my first three NFTs. They're three friendly looking dragon collectibles known as Dizzy Dragons and they each have unique traits of varying scarcity which make them … Continue reading What are NFTs? The Digital Tokenization Movement
Providing Value to Society, Capitalism, and Karl Marx
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.William A. Ward Around Christmas time of last year I shifted my attention to books that dealt with how to … Continue reading Providing Value to Society, Capitalism, and Karl Marx
Five Lessons to Help you Cope with Stress
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.”Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Deciding on my first topic after returning to blogging was a challenge, but with all of the suffering out there in the world right now I … Continue reading Five Lessons to Help you Cope with Stress
What is Stoicism? The Answer Lies in Wisdom and Virtue
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you … Continue reading What is Stoicism? The Answer Lies in Wisdom and Virtue
Saddhartha Gautama (Buddha) – The Path to Enlightenment
Let him admonish, let him instruct, let him restrain from the impure. He becomes beloved of the good and hated by the evil.Buddha, "The wise man" A Quick Note: I am going to be integrating the handful of posts that I have created for my other blog Under the Philosotree into my Blog of the … Continue reading Saddhartha Gautama (Buddha) – The Path to Enlightenment
The Adventure of a Lifetime (Inspired by Christopher McCandless)
When I was a fresh high-school graduate, I followed the status quo and picked a college program to jump into before I’d even really known what I wanted to do for a living. How can you know without experience? I jumped into a Police Foundations program, probably because I’d spent my life watching way too … Continue reading The Adventure of a Lifetime (Inspired by Christopher McCandless)
Mother and Son: With Every Night There Comes a Dawn
“Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.” ― Mandy Hale With Every Night There Comes a Dawn Back in 2016, I was a married man to a French woman whom I’d met overseas four years prior. The relationship seemed like a true love story--at least in the beginning--and I … Continue reading Mother and Son: With Every Night There Comes a Dawn
Book Review: The Diary of a Young Girl By Anne Frank
“I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for giving me this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me.” - Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl: Book Review The … Continue reading Book Review: The Diary of a Young Girl By Anne Frank
An Ode to Spring
As I close my eyes--I conjure up--a bright n' warm Spring day, where I watch a grassy meadow roll--like the waves that churn the sea. And I spend time fawning over flowers beneath the canopy of a mighty tree, then while I sit there, budding blossoms bloom, to fill the air with their perfume. And … Continue reading An Ode to Spring
One Memorable(ish) Night in Wellington, New Zealand
“He dozed off, into a dreamless oblivion, for what seemed like seconds but was in fact hours, and awoke hungover, the inner surface of his skull pulsing like a single, giant nerve being chewed by some ruminant animal.” ― Alex Shakar, Luminarium Mt. Victoria It was a warm, dark, late Summer night in Wellington, New Zealand. The … Continue reading One Memorable(ish) Night in Wellington, New Zealand
Set Me Free
Daughter dear, I can feel you here. You have a long way forward but my end is near, And when I'm gone, release those fears, Let them wash away with that stream of tears. Let them wash away with that stream of tears... For you have tremendous strength in you, A capable mind and a … Continue reading Set Me Free
The Cure for the Writing Boor
An intelligent looking man sits at the front of a classroom behind a desk. He’s framed perfectly in the middle, with a pile of novels to one side and a laptop to the other. He’s using the reflection in his monitor to straighten out the creases in his grey blazer jacket. Afterward, he combs back … Continue reading The Cure for the Writing Boor
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