Doing what you ‘should’ do doesn’t make you a good person. It certainly doesn’t make you BETTER than anyone doing what they ‘want’. Stop being afraid of doing what you WANT to do. This life of societal serfdom starts early. Children get force fed the propaganda from church, school,...

The first murmurs of #occupywallstreet came from a few friends, a few Facebook posts. This lead to a few media articles, and lead me to feel that I knew what ‘it was all about’. Over the subsequent 3 months, I visited the movement a handful of times, saw a shift in my perspective, and in...

“What will you remember more in 10 years?” A phrase my close friends have probably grown sick of me repeating at times of debate over a proposed action. However, it truly is a way I make the majority of my decisions. I hold to the opinion and belief that all we really have in life are ...

“Debating on a pair of toms… any suggestions w/ the style?” That line was recently posted by a friend on Facebook, prompting 11 other 22-26 middle class kids, out to change the world, to respond with their fav Toms shoe. Not having time to fully vent my frustrations with a post, I posted...

With friend or without friend, that is the question. When approaching a backpacking trip, often people ask me which I think is better, to travel with somebody, or to travel alone. To be honest, I can talk myself into either side fairly quickly, as there are distinct advantages to both. In...

“I mean, I am a white male, born in America.” This was just one sentence of many exchanged in my two hour train ride from Cairo to Alexandria, Egypt. The conversation was between myself and Isaac, a fellow traveler from Colorado, who had met a few days prior at our hostel in Cairo. The...

Ahh flying. A classic love/hate relationship. You always know after the flight is done and you exit the airport, the excitement of a new destination awaits. However, you also know, standing between you and that feeling, is an airport and an airplane where you will inevitably have to deal with...

Grad School. Does it make sense for you anyone?? It has been for years a go-to option for the young and ambitious, with dreams of bigger paychecks, important titles, and pride at high school reunions. If we sit back and actually take in the entire grad school process, the true absurdity of a...

“The degree to which a correct prediction or forecast of a system’s state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively.” “Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions.” Predictability. After weeks of searching,...

Walking around today I thought of the topic of risk quite a bit. In one of my classes, we discussed risk, and how risk is neither good nor bad, as long as it is properly priced. We discussed pricing risk in relation to investment, however really it could be applied to everything in life....