Most people I know can’t wait for their vacations. I admit I do suffer from what might be considered the problem of not really caring to take time off or really go anywhere for that matter. I’m quite content where I am and it’s typically hard to justify taking time off for some elaborate, expensive… Read More »When in Aruba, you MUST Ariba!
If I learnt anything from listening to Tool’s Lateralus, it’s that nature’s spiral makes great music! Nature is in the business of building resilient systems – cuts heal, bone repair, tails regrow, sickness is beaten. Additionally, as long as the delicate balance is maintained, it also attempts to scale optimally – trees reach for the… Read More »Legos, it’s common nature
Most who know me at least a bit would label me as an introvert. Yet, I started a tennis group this summer. I thought the journey was interesting and worth a share Know yourself I picked up a racket for the first time in 2022. Towards the middle of Spring this year, I would sometimes… Read More »Do you see me?
I’m the proud owner of a house in these United States. Right there, as of 2018, I hit a certain new set of demographics – school-systems, real-estate-taxes, mortgage-bound etc. The past 20 years I’ve worked hard, saved and scrounged, deferred vacations and other niceties and along with my wife, was able to afford a modest… Read More »My lawn checks for me under his bed at night
Back a few years ago (2016), while mid-career, the company I enjoyed working at suffered a couple significant financial setbacks and went through a round of layoffs. At the time, a brand new parent with growing concerns for mapping a future for my family. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. But what… Read More »Free time where you least expect it
Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. Applies to people just the same. That is to say, people will be what they “be”! As human beings, we are. That’s it! Trees create oxygen, worms care for the soil, corns corn and we, humans, we “be”. That being is open-ended. There is no fixed course… Read More »The illusion of choice
I have the privilege of coaching a small group of 3rd & 4th graders for a robotics competition. Today we had the group go through a team exercise with a very simple goal – “build a robot that moves in 15 minutes”. To set the context, the kids in the group are familiar with each… Read More »How to work with others
At 44, it might be a tad bit ridiculous of a question to ask yourself, but indulge for a bit. Answer it, write it down, review it. So these answers probably show up in the form “I am …” Let’s take me for example I am a 44 year old dude born in the Caribbean… Read More »Three steps back to a whole new you
Surely it’s obvious that life on this planet is one disaster after the next. A series of unfortunate events splashed with a bit of a reprieve along the way. Pain and suffering seems like the norm. Have we as humans had some part, some input into this reality? You better believe it. We have shaped… Read More »One sure path to a saner world