That’s it. Like the blink of an eye, like it never happened, I was no longer in Brazil. Sitting on my parent’s couch in Columbia, South Carolina, I couldn’t help feel that time moves by faster than we can truly understand it. I leave for New York City next week, where I will start by finding…… Continue reading Now What?
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” Friedrich Nietzsche, a famous German philosopher, once wrote. One of the joys of learning a new language is being introduced to new music. Listening to the words, the emotion, and the life that can be brought about with a sound. Music that can’t be expressed solely by spoken words.…… Continue reading Swinging Samba
My alarm goes off. I roll over in bed and brush away my long hair out of my face. I peer down to pick up my phone from the floor to turn the alarm off. What time is it? What am I doing today? I wonder sleepily, as I start to adjust my eyes to the morning light.…… Continue reading Where Does the Time Go?
I’ve been thinking a lot about travel, particularly why we chose to move ourselves through the world in what we call “travel”. Why not just stay in one place? With our families, our friends, our lives? Why do we have this urge to, at times, seemingly complicate our lives, like going through security, loosing luggage, and…… Continue reading Why Do We Travel?
Who are you? Who am I? Am I my job? Am I my family? What defines us? I have struggled with these questions for a long time, and to this day, I still think about them a lot. In our society, we use these titles to help give ourselves more meaning. For example, John the doctor,…… Continue reading How Do We Define Ourselves
Now, let me begin by saying I don’t necessarily believe in New Year’s Resolutions. It’s not that I think they are a bad idea, I just think that making resolutions and changes to our lives only once a year is not enough. We should be consistently be making improvements to our lives, not matter if…… Continue reading 5 Resolutions for 2016
Understanding Intent 