Failing to plan is planning to fail! I’m starting to disagree. Planing hinges on one massive assumption: it is better to have a plan. To be a modern human is to plan. Why not? It creates a prepared solution for when problems arise. To plan feels natural, like the right thing. It seems like the …
Category Archives: Life
Strangers
I just got back from coffee with a stranger; I’m still not sure his name, but we’re getting a drink this weekend. We met two months ago in the basement of a jazz club. I heard him speaking English as we passed each other on the stairs, so I said hey. Turns out, he recently …
Trust Me
When we decentralize both Reason and Faith, how do we form a collective Perspective?
A Perspective on Perspective
Perspective is a superpower we all have to immediately shift reality. If you look under a microscope, you’ll see an alien drama happening all around you. Predator and prey, life and death, kinship and cooperation – a world we walk through, that lives within us. Zoom out a little further and you’ll find a war …
Quick Sip: List-o-Maniac
I’m a Compulsive Lister, Listaholic, List-o-Maniac. Though it is the most infamous of all lists, I’ve never had a Bucket List. It felt dumb because, and here comes a list: Not going to dieEveryone has the same things on itThe things I wanted to do were on other lists (ie: Places to Visit, Things to …
Coordinates and Character
Places I’ve Lived Ranked by How Much of My Stuff is (Still) There: Georgia, 2 boxes + tuxedoBuenos Aires, 1 small suitcase + bookbagArequipa, 1 large suitcase Mendoza, 4 books + 1 pair of sweatpants, Arizona, one book somewhereTexas, small buried treasure I’ve moved pretty often since turning eighteen. I’m on the higher end for …
Aussie Pie
“You gotta use the app. That’s the accurate test”, my dad told my entire family. We were all at his house sitting around some psychologist’s book trying to figure out who we were. My enneagram test was a hard seven – on the nose, no wings. One of my sisters loves horoscopes, classic Taurus. As …
American Abroad
My future split between two countries after Peru – Colombia or Argentina. I chose Argentina. But the idea of going to Columbia confused and frightened my students, friends and family. “Isn’t it super dangerous? Aren’t there a lot of drugs? Haven’t you seen the Netflix Original series Narcos?” Down here, it’s known as a vibrant …
Let’s Build a Library
When I was a kid, I had a billionaire’s dream of building a giant library on an island at 0,0 on a map. The idea was simple – everybody could get to all the knowledge in the world in one big, beautiful building. The Library of Alejandro. Let’s build it. George Peabody Library. Lame name. …
Excessive Thinking & Marsh-Mellows
Failure is part of the deal, but making it happen at all: that’s on us.
A Fresh Sip 