Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it. — Unknown Lately, I’ve been asking myself the “big” questions: Where will I live next year? Will I be employed? Will Rick and Morty ever air a 4th season? However, what I’m really asking is whether or not I am—or will be—living a meaningful life….
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. — Oscar Wilde Are you a moral person? If you’re like most people (which most people are), you tend to overestimate how ethical you are compared to others. Maybe you’re moral in one situation, but a little immoral in another. Maybe you act ethically around one set…
The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate! — Terry Moore People usually call me crazy when I tell them I do this, but every year, I do it anyway. Although I’m not Catholic, going to Catholic schools most of my life did instill in me one religious practice: the…
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop It’s not every day that you need the help of a stranger, but when you do—and that stranger can provide that help—the gratitude is overwhelming. Today, I will try to express some of my deep thakfulness. Up in Central Eastern Oregon with…
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure. — Henry Kissinger If there were one brain hack that nearly everyone would pay to learn, it’s this: How to avoid choking under pressure. Whether that’s on the court or in the courtroom, on a test or in a task, when down to the…
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. — Mark Twain When I began this blog six years ago, I was overloading undergraduate courses, working at my university, and in the midst of applying to graduate school. But regardless if I had to stay up…