Tag Archives: passion
What Does It Mean To Follow Your Passions? [Part 2: Five Ways To Be Courageous]
Almost a month ago, I posted an article, What Does It Mean To Follow Your Passions? Part 1 (of a three-part series). In it, I used some pretty extreme examples including sex and chocolate cake. (Why does that remind me of so-called “Better-Than-Sex Cake” and how ridiculous a name that is? Sorry, the Mind Monkeys […]
What Does It Mean to Follow Your Passions? [Part 1: Passion Vs Desire]
We talk a lot about doing what you love, and following your passions. What do these things mean? One could answer, “I love making a lot of money,” or “I love having sex.”Does this mean that one can be following their passions by seeking after money and sex? While these answers seem ridiculous, I have […]
The Continued Adventures of Boba Fett and the Importance of Never Giving Up On Your Dreams
When I was maybe 14 or 15, my brother and I began to write a novel about the continued adventures of the bounty hunter Boba Fett. I had grown up loving Star Wars (in fact, I was born less than a month after the first Star Wars movie came out.) I can’t remember who had […]
Using Reverse Psychology on the Universe
Life definitely is not without a sense of irony. Not just irony in the bad sense. Even life’s serendipities often come with a silver-lining of retrospective irony. I started writing the short story Dance Robot and the novel Robogirl in part because I wanted to basically copulate with this girl who I thought was the […]
