Category: Daily Muse

  • I sleep while Kai toils

    According to some generic reading I have done in the past years, I have 7 years left to live. The average schizophrenic will perish to suicide by mid-30s.

  • Reality distortion field

    It’s impossible to be evil if you have a 100% understanding of the human experience—

  • untitled

    Mathematical to moral, you can see the results of these ideas in large populations to great effect. Simplistically, this points to not only herd mentality but also American exceptionalism.

  • Better than snowball sangria

    Little moments like that get me giddy thinking about what is possible when you stay alert and pay attention.

  • The ephemerality of goals

    And only recently have I come to the conclusion: I should not simplify charitable actions to “saving a hundred lives is better than saving one.” Each life is priceless and an immeasurable contribution to the human experience.

  • Wisdom on a wall

    On the drive to my grandparents house is Triumph, a modular building company. There is a large wall of text, literally, which I’ve been meaning to check out for weeks. I finally stopped in the lot to figure out what was being expressed. Here’s the quote in full as follows. “Make your workplace into a…

  • Heart of a champion

    I coach badminton twice a week to an age demographic of young children to teens. And after a few years, I begin to understand why some teachers favor some students over others. It’s not a matter of “teacher’s pet.” What makes some kids over others is the personality and fortitude with which they choose to…

  • Ownership, possession, and envy

    It takes time and careful collation to see what is yours, and what isn’t. Stuck in the vending machine In the realm of belongings and objects, here’s an example of my desire to engulf my surroundings. A friend’s mother gave me rights to a vending machine, through which I could generate revenue without paying her…

  • Rage against the machine

    In my mind, the most important aspect of fighting this degenerative brain disease is to foresee and visualize the worst possible outcomes. In moments where I begin to refuse treatment, my mother encourages me to think a few steps ahead. I would freefall through the mental healthcare system, and even be institutionalized on a state…

  • I’m mildly pissed today.

    This is not the first time I’ve heard “that’s not you.” When I experimented heavily with my appearance in freshman year of university, my lab mate told me: “Just be yourself.” Who is she to know what kinds of mannerisms are authentic and which are not? The idea of purity, authenticity; the idea that a…