becoming ourselves

Jerome G

Dim Sum Draft Rules

Whoever’s birthday is closest to the current date begins Proceed clockwise in a snake draft Only food on the table can be drafted You can only draft and individual piece of food Congee is a special item because it’s eaten in a bowl. Once you ...

Getting SMART

I asked Jonathan a form of the question we had discussed around discomfort: What’s an area of your life that you constantly think about, yet still feel like you aren’t making the progress that you’d like. Why? I answered the following: 1. Courage. Why: As ...

Seek Discomfort

You can’t always expect to be comfortable. If you have that expectation, you’re in for disappointment. By constantly seeking comfort, you’re training yourself to be unhappy. Comfort is contentment with the status quo. It’s not a ...

Ask Yourself First

Before asking a question to someone, take a moment and ask yourself the same question—it’s an opportunity to form an opinion. Ask the same question first to someone else, and they form the opinion for you. When you become a vessel for other’s ...

On Writing

In my early years of high school—whenever teens learn about Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Lord Byron and Shelley. Every English class started with a stream-of-consciousness writing assignment. It was sold to us as a form of mental calisthenics—a way to ...

Awakening

We left our strange and delightful company under a full moon in a palace of sand, a place the cat called the Forgotten Library. Our farewell was brief and cordial—a few flowery words from our feline friend and a deep bow from the boy knight that ...