The common answer to — “When should I start writing a book?” — is going to be anytime you feel inspired to. That you should write if it’s what you really want to do. But I’m going to urge you to first think about what that means. What are the…

The best thing family gives is the call to do more — There’s a movie scene from Fences (2016), starring Denzel Washington, that always seems to touch me. In the scene, Washington, playing Troy, is lecturing his son on the responsibilities of being a man and a father. He says, “Troy: like you? I go out of here every morning… bust my…

Medium helped me switch from aviation to content writing full-time in a couple of years — Leaving a good career behind for another is one of the most terrifying things that I have ever gone through, especially since I was already ahead in aviation. I was an aviation mechanic for four years for the military, and when I left, I had set myself up with certificates…

It kills your unconscious mind and will to write — Imagine that you know a kid with a strong imagination, and you tell that kid to draw a copy of their favorite memory. You give them all the colors and paper they could want, but you also hand them a cool new toy, some popcorn, and you turn on the…

Fitness models are not the model citizens you might think they are. — One of the most shocking things I learned about the fitness industry is its inability to care about the average person. Fitness models, influencers, and the industry want their money, meaning they want people to buy as much of their products as possible, and they don’t care who gets hurt. …

Playing guitar is hard. It’s one of the hardest things to do starting out. It’s so difficult that almost everyone quits playing guitar within their first year of starting. “90 percent of those beginners also abandoned the instrument within their first 12 months of playing.” — Beinstock from Guitar World …

There’s no right way to write a good version of any story. People write in different ways, styles, and forms and make phenomenal masterpieces that have us asking, “how”. As writers we only come to learn of ways that don’t work. Writers chase after the “one” way that works, but…

Those extra sets might be setting you back more than you realize. — “Working out” is a bad phrasal verb. It implies work, which means different things for people. For some it’s sitting around and getting by, while others think of work as a hard and painful experience. Work is supposed to be painful, excruciating, and stressful. This latter form of thinking is…

Most people are tired of searching through countless fake profiles, hoping to find that one good date, the kind that leads somewhere. — Imagine if professionals could filter out the fakes and make dating fun again. Imagine if we could prevent people like the Tinder Swindler. People are looking for a romance that doesn’t depend on the promise of children and religious exaltation. People want to have fun and trust without facing dangers and risk. People want to find harmony.