9:00AM “How are you?” It’s such a simple question, yet can be so difficult to answer. Even more challenging: “How are you feeling?” Or “How do you feel?” I remember …
5:40PM I screwed up. I knew I would at some point. I was sitting there waiting for dinner and realized that I hadn’t written yet, and normally dinner is at …
1:00PM “I know you don’t care about me at all. You’re probably kissing her and having sex with her,” she said to me before leaving the bed and walking out …
9:00AM It’s very loud. The furnace kicked on because for some reason in May, the temperature dropped below freezing outside. I think it’s about 32F right now. OK, it stopped. …
5:00PM The good old days. That time when everything just worked and life just flowed. Except those times probably never existed, we just remember them that way. I just imagined …
1:00PM I wonder how much stress all these secrets are causing to us. I wonder how much we withhold at the thought it will cause a problem, but really, the …
9:00AM It is a time of tremendous fear. Many of us around the world are afraid to leave our homes, afraid we’ll contract the virus, afraid we’ll lose our jobs, …
5:00PM Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its prosecution of Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI. He had pled guilty to the crime, and for some reason, …
1:00PM “Show her with your actions,” my friend said to me. But how do I know that she’ll interpret my actions in the way I intend her to interpret them? …
9:00AM Can one be too open? Can one share too much information with someone? I heard someone say TMI the other day, which stands for “too much information,” and normally …
5:00PM I’ve been growing a quarantine beard. I haven’t trimmed it since we’ve been in quarantine, now, who knows, approaching two months. In the beginning of this lockdown, I thought …
1:00PM I researched a little bit on secretive cultures to see if I could learn something from it. I stumbled on articles about Apple and Snapchat and the corporate cultures …
9:00AM How do surprises and secrecy go together? Last night, I was thinking about writing this book and how I haven’t told a lot of people that I’m doing it. …
5:00PM At 1AM last night (or early this morning), President Trump sent out multiple tweets, calling many of his opponents different unflattering and attacking names, including some racial slurs. He …
1:00PM “We made a conscious decision to not fight in front to you children,” my mom said to me a few years ago. This conversation came a few months or …
9:00AM I keep having these weird dreams. Or maybe they’re not that weird, they just seem weird for the times that we’re in. I dreamt about playing basketball in the …
5:00PM I often will say that I’m not a computer programmer, that I don’t understand this stuff, and really, I’m just a beginner or amateur. And that may be true. …
1:00PM “We’re facing a mental health crisis.” Almost every time I read the phrase “mental health,” I cringe. Or maybe it’s more of frustration bursting out of my pores, wanting …
9:00AM This is the 58th straight writing that I have started on time. In a way, I’m shocked. After going quite a few years without a steady 9-5 job, I’ve …
5:00PM I’m not sure what to write. I’m sure this has happened before, but also can’t remember if I was just so honest about it. I just came in from …