Category: Daily Muse

… lies in knowing what to learn. I have a few phrases floating around from books and articles I’ve read. “Most things are not worth learning.” “It takes seven years to become a master, and you have nine chances to become a master of something over your lifetime.” “1% better every day compounds over time.”…

This title from The Onion could not be more accurate. Mere weeks ago, a man pulled a gun at a basketball court in my local gym. This scare occurred five minutes from my home. Add Uvalde to the mix, and addressing gun violence is a subject I cannot ignore. I would break down this analysis…

With my diagnosis of schizophrenia + bipolar, otherwise known as schizoaffective, I hear this explanation of my chronic illness all the time. The premise is that drawing a parallel between a measurable health condition like diabetes and mental illness should give hope. All you need is the right medication, and life should be manageable. But…

This is somewhat a trashy post, be warned. Object of comparison The ideal is that no one judges another by appearance. However, as I get older, I become increasingly self-conscious and socially stratified when I see other girls more beautiful than I am. My brother Kevin often tells me that the only essential tenet you…

Ever since I started playing badminton, I have trouble keeping score. Whose serve is it? How many points? I came to a relieving aha-moment while I was finishing a puzzle. Another way to think about short-term memory is that you have a finite number of pieces to work with. Together, the pieces form a narrative…

I have a hard time with relaxing to enjoy entertainment. I don’t like movies. Books are a bit better. Overall, I can’t sit still for long periods of time. I cry easily. I am too influenced into doing things that sound cool in the media but are quite dumb when played out. I went to…

I find, as I get older, that making friends requires more effort and more intention. On one end of the spectrum, it is easy to go out for dinner with acquaintances as an adult. However, the kind of person I seek in my life must mean much more than that. Can he show up in…

I helped run a high school badminton tournament a few weeks ago. It was one of my first times running the league planner software, and I kept on messing up the match-ups between players. It was somewhat humiliating. But my saving grace was that I recovered from the failure quickly. A saying coined by Zuckerberg…