Preload - 12/27/19
I feel like I’ve grown more this year than I have in the last ten. I’ve written about many topics, read a few books, and feel like I’ve...
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2019
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Dec 20, 20194 min read
Reinforcements - 12/20/19
I’ll be honest. I started writing today’s post about another topic entirely. About halfway through the post, I felt something overtake my...
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Dec 13, 20193 min read
Rank - 12/13/19
First place. The Best. Number One. Growing up in America taught me that being on the top is important. We celebrate our heroes in sports....
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Dec 5, 20192 min read
Steel - 12/6/19
In the first week of car design school, we were told that design is, in essence, manipulating materials to cause emotional impact. With...
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Nov 29, 20193 min read
Adaptive Appreciation - 11/29/19
In the last month, I have hiked the colorful forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in east Tennessee and climbed up rivers in...
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Nov 22, 20193 min read
Car Connection - 11/22/19
The Art Center Car Classic has become one of the most prestigious car shows in the world. It has the uniqueness of marques as the...
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Nov 15, 20192 min read
Tourist Local - 11/15/19
I often write my posts outdoors in my small yard in Eagle Rock. Mosquitos love to nip at my ankles as I tap away at the keyboard with a...
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Nov 7, 20192 min read
Microcosm - 11/8/19
In that last two weeks, I’ve traveled to East Tennessee, back to LA for a few days, then to Puerto Rico. While Puerto Ricans may fly...
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Oct 31, 20193 min read
Immunity - 11/1/19
Last week, my older sister and I ventured into Great Smoky Mountains National Park in an attempt to capture the changing colors of...
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Oct 23, 20194 min read
The Technician's Fallacy - 10/25/19
I attended Catholic school from Grades 1-12 and grew up in a very conservative household. Smoking cigarettes was a rung below engaging in...
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Oct 18, 20194 min read
Sample Size Too Small - 10/18/19
I don’t like meat. It’s always chewy and dry. I don’t like vegetarian food. It’s bland and has no flavor. I don’t like sushi. It smells...
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Oct 11, 20195 min read
TimeSplitters - 10/11/19
I didn’t learn much in high school, but what I did observe was a microcosm of what would eventually spawn into my larger interest in...
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Oct 4, 20194 min read
Calm - 10/4/19
Most of us have seen the memes. No other words spoken have been less effective as telling someone to calm down. Ever. However, having the...
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Sep 27, 20194 min read
Like - 9/27/19
“You can post your photos and add filters on top. It’s pretty hipster.” It wasn’t the first time I heard of Instagram, nor the first time...
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Sep 20, 20193 min read
Not For You - 9/20/19
“How much do you think I should sell this thing for?” Richard asked. I took a break from sanding the full-bodied sculpture he had...
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Sep 13, 20194 min read
No Safety Net - 9/13/19
My eyes welled and tears dripped onto my clay car model. The smell of sulfur from the Chavant clay was embedded into my fingernails and...
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Sep 6, 20193 min read
Gratitude is the Attitude - 9/6/19
“What do you want to be when you grow up THIS TIME?” I stared in the mirror and thought about how long my severance pay would last me. “I...
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Aug 30, 20193 min read
Need for Speed - 8/30/19
I was a sprinter in high school. During that same period, I was also enrolled in martial arts with my younger sister and two of my...
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Aug 23, 20193 min read
Mirror, Mirror - 8/23/19
I would like to spend this week's FYF to share a poem I have been reflecting on. While the origins of the poem continue to be...
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Aug 16, 20193 min read
Disposable - 8/16/19
I couldn’t sleep the other night and found myself scrolling through my Instagram feed in bed. To be honest, I wasn’t even really looking....
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Aug 8, 20194 min read
Kick - 8/9/2019
“Are you tired, Mr. Ko?” “No, sir!” “Are you sure? Do you think you are going to die?” “No, sir!” “That’s right. We're just getting...
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Aug 2, 20193 min read
In The Box - 8/2/19
I positioned myself on a bridge with my 70-200mm lens pointed off into the horizon. I kept my eyes closed to protect them from the bright...
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Jul 26, 20193 min read
Payoff - 7/26/19
My 30-pound backpack grew heavy after the few hours it took to cross the rainy Og Pass. I was near Lake Magog in Alberta, Canada on the...
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Jul 26, 20193 min read
Student Teacher - 7/19/19
Being a teacher has been one of the greatest privileges in my life. I started as a private art tutor when I was 19 at an art and music...
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Jul 26, 20192 min read
Option - 7/12/19
Follow your dreams. Chase your passions. Do what makes you happy. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that these mantras we hear so often...
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Jul 8, 20192 min read
Maps - 7/5/19
During my childhood, I spent many hours playing a computer game called Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Each multiplayer match began with a...
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Jun 28, 20193 min read
Swift Wind - 6/28/19
One summer during my childhood, I found myself on a playground with other children that I did not know at a school that I did not go to....
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Jun 20, 20193 min read
Halftime - 6/20/19
We are a little more than halfway through 2019. The good news is there is another half just waiting for you to conquer. Was the first...
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Jun 13, 20192 min read
Time Billionaire - 6/14/19
A million seconds equals 11 days, 3 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds. A billion seconds... equals 31.7 YEARS. The difference between the...
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Jun 6, 20193 min read
Splash - 6/7/19
Writing About Writing When I first started this blog, its purpose two fold. First, I wanted to document my thoughts as I move through...
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May 31, 20194 min read
Overdrive - 5/31/19
“Don’t be so hard on yourself.” “You are your own worst critic.” “Take care [of yourself].” “Take it easy.” Often we hear or say these...
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May 23, 20192 min read
Thin Ice - 5/24/19
Have you ever walked into a venue solo, not knowing anyone, and found yourself scanning around for people to talk to only to see people...
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May 16, 20194 min read
Tough Love - 5/17/19
It was almost 9:00am and I was chest deep in the waters of the San Francisco Bay by Crissy Field. I was fully clothed including hiking...
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May 10, 20193 min read
Alter Ego - 5/10/19
One of my very first jobs out of school was an on-site freelance job at an advertising agency. My art lead was a cool Argentine, never...
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May 3, 20193 min read
The Greater Danger - 5/3/19
Endurance. We watch movies about it. We listen to songs about it. We write books about it. There is nothing more compelling in a story...
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Apr 24, 20193 min read
Superstition - 4/26/19
I finished locking up the office doors and drove across the street to a Korean coffee shop. I lived an hour away from the office and saw...
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Apr 18, 20195 min read
Killing ANTs - 4/19/19
I walked into the venue and stopped about ten feet inside the door to do a quick scan. I had never been into a country bar. My total bar...
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Apr 12, 20193 min read
My First Interview - 4/12/19
I was escorted into a small conference room with a massive 11” x 17” hardback leather portfolio tucked into my side. A small conference...
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Apr 5, 20193 min read
Mother Trucker - 4/5/19
When I was in high school, I had the pleasure of being in Mr. McKenna’s philosophy and AP U.S. History classes. I didn’t learn much of...
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Mar 28, 20193 min read
Balcones Bubble Bath - 3/29/19
In part two of my search for the perfect evening/morning routine, the bubble bath surprisingly came up on many CEO’s daily routines....
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Mar 22, 20192 min read
Perfect Dark - 3/22/19
While I was searching for tips to develop the perfect morning routine, I was surprised to learn that it actually begins the night before....
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Mar 15, 20193 min read
Cooldown - 3/15/19
I didn’t even remember falling asleep. As I woke up, I realized a tightness in my face. I couldn’t open my mouth. I was experiencing so...
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Mar 8, 20193 min read
Third Person - 3/8/19
The walls are creeping in. Sounds begin to turn muffled as your heart begins to pound. You feel your breathing shorten to quick shallow...
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Mar 1, 20193 min read
Beating Bowser - 3/1/19
What does your emotional and mental health have to do with Bowser, the boss from Super Mario Bros.? They all have patterns. And just like...
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Feb 22, 20193 min read
Countdown - 2/22/19
When Netflix released the first streaming choose-your-own-adventure show called “Bandersnatch,” home viewers and media writers went...
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Feb 15, 20193 min read
Wallpaper - 2/15/19
When I was in high school, my bedroom walls were covered in pictures of cars. Somehow I figured out from a friend to go online, punch in...
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Feb 8, 20192 min read
Game Genie - 2/8/19
God mode. All keys, all weapons, full armor, and full ammunition. Could you imagine having everything you ever needed, and some? When the...
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Feb 1, 20192 min read
Street Shark - 2/1/19
I grew up in a Chinese household. When my parents talked about how so-and-so was smart, it was usually followed up with a number. Like,...
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Jan 25, 20192 min read
Test Your Might - 1/25/19
This week's topic is how long it takes to form a new habit and cash in so it becomes a part of you. I say the words “cash in” for a...
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Jan 21, 20192 min read
Carving - 1/18/19
I never even heard the words “comfort zone” until I was 26. As a teen, I just thought the way you were was the way you will always be....
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