The meaninglessness of social media has reached a tipping point. Mark Zuckerberg’s extremist view has created a monster, and we’re all paying the price. People sharing more - even if just with their close friends or families - creates a more open culture and leads to a better understanding of the lives and perspectives of others. We believe that this creates a greater number of stronger relationships between people and that it helps people get exposed to a greater number of diverse perspectives. ...

Sometimes I wonder about where I’ve been and what I have overcome. I’ve put myself through the wringer a lot. Heck, I’m still putting myself through the wringer, but not with the same things I did in the past. Self Unawareness Most of my life could aptly be described as blissful ignorance. Only in the past few years did I truly turn inward to understand myself and therefore the world I live in. I spent the required amount of time studying my actions, but nothing more. I would self correct when I made small mistakes, but the results of my big mistakes lingered. ...

Learning a language is a monumental task. All languages are not created equal so some are harder than others. The only difference between learning an easy language vs. a difficult language is the amount of time it will take to master it. More often than not we start learning a language out of necessity rather than desire. According to a 2016 survey conducted by Babbel most people want to learn a language so they can communicate better while traveling. ...

Balance Balance is Everything; meditate on that fact. If you’re going too fast, you’ve lost balance. If you’re going too slow, you’ve lost balance. When you turn the heat up too high on your stove and burn your food, you’ve lost balance. Applying balance to everything you do will increase the quality of your life. Semi-regular and unforced meditation will help you maintain balance. When we’re active 100% of the time, we have lost balance. Think of meditation as an exercise in balance itself. ...

We’re hung up on thousands of layers of bullshit. If we’re completely honest with ourselves, we get hung up on small details every day. Often we get hung up on details for a great reason like solving difficult problems that require getting hung up on information to solve them. Most of the time, we get hung up on trivial things like whether or not our food dish has colored carrots or not. ...