"We're all going to die, all of us. What a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by life's trivialities; we are eaten up by nothing." - Charles Bukowski Sounds depressing upon first read, I know. But hidden in this remorseful exclamation at the emptiness of human behavior, is also a bit of hope: What we fear most, while it often divides and desensitizes us (according to Bukowski), CAN be what roots us in our most l

“It’s worth remembering that for any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something. If you’re sitting there, miserable day after day, then that means you’re already wrong about something major in your life.” - Mark Manson These days I’m thinking about thinking about trying to let go of (or at least loosen the grip on) my own beliefs—about myself and about others. It’s difficult and threatening, especially when I’ve defined myself as hyper intellectual, anal