The whistle’s blow pierces the cool spring air as we return to the field for the second half of play. Darkness shrouds everything beyond the bright tower lights surrounding the field’s perimeter. Everything is hushed because there is no good reason for any audience to attend a co-ed soccer team’s rec league game. Tired but … Read more
My Minimalism Story After college, I lived in an office room. My bed filled nearly the entire space and since there wasn’t any left for a closet, my clothes hung from a rack at the foot of my bed. This we called my external closet. Despite my cramped living quarters, my tiny room gave me … Read more
Part I: Started From the Bottom When I first landed in Austin, TX, I pursued my passion for writing, but it didn’t pay anything. I earned my living thanks to random gigs and freelance jobs, but the search for each individual project was time-consuming and draining me of all emotional energy to even think about … Read more
Like many kids in the West, my parents placed me into Sunday School at a young age where the Church taught me Bible stories. I never resonated with the Church’s teachings on the text and my disinterest grew into skepticism as I aged. I understood the importance and value of messages like “treat others as … Read more
I drank a lot in college. Especially freshman year. For whatever reason, it seemed like there was a party every other night. With each subsequent passing year, those parties and my drinking lessened, but the habit remained. I never did anything to land me into trouble, thank God. The worst was probably a few years … Read more