“Don’t let anyone steal your joy.” This was a phrase written in permanent ink on the teacher’s board in the copy room of a school I worked at. It made sense for a school setting for teachers, who have their joy stolen constantly by basically everyone, including people outside of their job who think they understand their jobs. For years, I was convinced not to let anyone do this to me.

+++ title = “05” date = 2019 +++ You haven’t felt this for quite a while. You’re at the party and it seems to be endless. Due to the nature of the fact that you’re intoxicated and also among your best friends, time seems to slow. Not to mention you’re younger, maybe in your 20’s. The music’s loud, the booze is everywhere, there are people in a bedroom next door to you doing something or other, and in another room there’s a dance party of two.

There’s a few videos I’ve seen floating around the internet that are really fascinating to me. The videographer has captured a moment that happens daily or weekly, and it always happens the same way. For instance, here’s a video of a professor who walks into his classroom in the same way every day, saying “Hello” while holding a stack of papers in his left hand. In another one a sibling picks up their sister from school, and she greets them the same way every single day – by shouting their name and running toward them.

+++ title = “05” date = 2019 +++ How many times have you asked this question: “What should I get [person] for their birthday?” In the past, when I’ve been asked about what someone might want, I’ve usually responded with, “Why don’t we ask [person]? Seems like the easiest way to know.” But, I recently attended a lecture by Austin Kleon that made me think twice about this. Kleon talked about giving art as gifts instead of constantly seeking the validation of the market.

How many Advil do you take? I ask people this question whenever they ask for medicine at my house. Most people say two, but the minimum effective dose, which is the minimum amount of the medicine needed to remove your pain, is only one pill. There’s a chance that people are confusing Advil with Tylenol, which has an MED of 2, according to the bottle. When it comes to drugs, chances are we over do it more often than not.