Glance through any textbook and you will quickly notice a pattern. Sir Edmund Hillary was the first Western man to summit on Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth. Mary Kingsley was an unmarried English woman who used part of her inheritance to travel and study in “uncivilized” parts of Africa during the 19th century. Benjamin Franklin, Albert… Continue Reading
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There’s More to Life Than Marriage, Baby-Making, and Big Corporate Careers
A friend I was very close with just six months ago is now engaged to a girl he met six months ago. In that time he’s neglected nearly every relationship besides “the love of his life,” and shunned others’ efforts to connect. That’s his prerogative, I’m not here to criticize him. However, sadly, this type of thing is… Continue Reading
Selfish and Pathetic
I don’t know whether it’s the result of being sick and exhausted, crashing into another birthday milestone, spending a month writing a depressing story, or something else entirely, but I’ve been in a strange mood on-and-off the past few days. As I get older and accomplish more, I’m continually bombarded with the same three questions… Continue Reading