Maybe someone has been helped by the idea that there is a divine plan for them — a destiny that was predetermined, combined with gifts that were bestowed upon them at conception.
That destiny is out there, if only they can find it. It is the purpose of a life to solve the mystery of who you are supposed to be and realize your true potential.
Read MoreWhen my little cousin went to preschool for the first time, she had a wonderful experience.
Nevertheless, as she was leaving at the end of the day, she said loudly to her mother, “I didn’t learn anything.”
Hopefully, that made her teachers (and the school director) laugh. Regardless of what the child’s expectations were, she definitely learned something.
Read MoreLike most of us, I don’t like spoilers.
I don’t even like to read the blurb on the back of a book, if I can avoid it. I don’t want to watch the movie trailer.
I want to dive into a world and experience it on its own terms. I want to enjoy the gradual unspooling of the narrative.
Read MoreI thought I was starting an online school.
It seemed a logical pivot. In the fall of 2018 it began to occur to me that my sources of income consisted solely of two schools serving families in the same geographic area.
What if something were to happen in Atlanta to disrupt the education industry?
Read MoreMy friend Tyler is almost a year into a round-the-world sailing trip.
However, he’s in the midst of selling his sailboat and buying a different one. A trimaran, acquired in New Zealand. (He did not sail to New Zealand; he got there by plane.)
One of the things I admire about Tyler is that he doesn’t have a lot of rules for himself. He has lived off the grid. He’s lived on the grid. He does what he wants.
Read MoreWhen I first started this blog, I did not allow myself to plan.
I knew that if I stopped to plan, I would psyche myself out. Instead, I just started writing.
There was something soothing about the fact that each thing I posted here was meant to be a discrete piece of writing, on one topic, with a beginning, middle, and end. I didn’t have to figure out how they all fit together.
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