abumarkey's personal blog
Critical thinking is sexy, but all the magic disappears when it's not put to long-term use. What's the overarching plan? Where are we going? When are we getting there?Those are the questions we should be asking. Next elections don't matter in the grand scheme of things. Democracy is awesome, but the way we've set it up has a major issue: people don't care past the voting ballot. It's the winning…
Get out of your comfort zone is such a cliche. But if you do not, are you really living life? Want to do something? Go and do it. Who is stopping you, really? People imagine that getting out of your comfort zone is some giant leap for humanity, but all you've got to do is move the needle ever so slightly. Boil the frog, if you will. Helsingborg, Sweden, 28.07.26 - own archives The first time I…
It's a bittersweet feeling, going to another country. Am I going to do alright? I'm very happy to move. I've been feeling restless. I left the old country again in 2011, and fifteen years on, I feel I need something new to excite me. I've been in the same few places too long. It's a country I've never lived in, and it's the first time I'm moving on my own. I know what I'm doing, and it is and…