Hold on. Would you believe that I mean giving up in the most uplifting of ways; not in the existential dread and deep depression sort? I’ve experienced more of the later; but I too am beginning to come around to the former. It takes the form of optimistic nihilism most days, and blind hope others. It’s there though deep beneath my supremely pessimistic surface. These randoms bouts of “will to…
“I think I’ll choose ‘BODACIOUS’!” It was more of a halfhearted joke when I wrote that in one of the many discord servers I was a member of. This particular group was “Cozy Stationery Friends Club”’ created by the wonderful @GNOMEDIC. Gnome, as we affectionately refer to him, is an amazing creator, community builder, and pen enthusiast. He’s also the person who introduced me to the concept of a…
Rubber Ducking – the act of explaining your problem to an inanimate object in the hopes of clarity. I first found this concept in Ryder Carroll’s book, “The Bullet Journal Method”, and it struck me as silly. So silly, in fact, that I had to try it myself. Luckily for me, I was gifted a small duck toy not long ago. It’s about the size of a pencil eraser and, for a while now, has just been living on…