The Travel Bucket List

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Random Observation/Comment #281: I love traveling and I’ve gotten really good at it. There’s a method to my madness: 1) research, 2) planning documents, 3) well-packed and prepared bags, and 4) just wing it when you get there. I’ll probably write a separate blog entry about this.

Essential to Travels

As mentioned in the previous bucket list blog post on foods, people usually create 2 major categories for their bucket lists: 1) Experiences and 2) Accomplishments.  For experiences, food is important enough in my life to separate it, but so is traveling and expanding my personal cultural horizon. This entry will focus on the places I’ve been and the places I want to go (based on the number of stories I’ve heard from other travel buddies from around the world).

Location Activities/Sights:

  • Iceland – I can’t wait to go again. It’s on the top of my list for a revisit. I would avoid extreme seasons because I rather feel my fingers and get some sleep.
    • Dog sledding across a glacier – seriously awesome. Go do this.
    • Blue Lagoon Spa – blue water that smells like rotten eggs and will ruin your hair.  Very relaxing and unique night bathing outdoor scene.
    • Northern Lights – majestically beautiful. Pictures come out better though. It was good to see it at least once while it moves.
  • Ireland – Perpetually drunk and surrounded by friendly and cheerful buddies. Super green.
    • Cliffs of Moher – Day-trip to Galway on a tour bus with a terrible tour guide that can’t sing. At least he brought us to a magical place where your pictures always come out perfect.
    • Drinking Real Guinness – unpasteurized goodness. Even if you don’t drink Guinness, you’ll like it.
  • Barbados – Summer sun and fish sandwiches. Terrible tourist town.
    • Submarine tour – tourist trap, but a very excellent tour. I’m sure you can do this in other places, yet I chose this one. Good times.
    • Find the action man – laying on the beach, you’ll find a dude riding jet skis and claiming he’ll bring you the action.
    • Barbados chili sauce – it’s magic. I think I want to add it to everything I eat. Macaroni pie + chili sauce = heaven
  • Japan – Cultural hub with integrated traditions and extremely nice people. I will always love Japan.
    • Climb Mount Fuji – 9 hour climb overnight to see the sunrise at the top. Totally worth it. Bring a head lamp, dress warmly, and meet new friends so you can huddle in corners like penguins.  Dress like you’re about to go skiing (even though it’s the summer).  You’re welcome.
    • Natural Hot Springs – Best thing ever.  I went every week and my skin was so soft.  I specifically enjoyed the unique experience of being buried alive in Beppu Mud Spa.
    • Zen Gardens in Kyoto – all of Kyoto has such beautiful temples and authentic sites. The Zen rock garden in particular was undoubtedly peaceful and puzzling to stare at.
    • Akihabara: otaku’s paradise – embrace the nerdy culture: Go to a maid café. Visit 6 story arcade halls with smoking old men playing pachinko or wrecking at weird games. Be amazed at how much hentai porn there is on every corner. Lose yourself in the obscene amounts of gundam figures everywhere.
  • Hong Kong – Constant urge to eat everything and go shopping a lot
    • Late night Karaoke, Hot pot, and midnight snacks – enough said
    • Eat ALL the foods – I can’t stress this enough. Try everything and be happy.
  • NYC – Just be baller and do rich people shit
    • Zombiecon – I’ve been attending for 5 years now, and it’s always fun being drunk by noon and wandering the city dressed up as zombies
    • Santacon – Just went last year and had a great time. It was a sea of red and white fluffy caps. Again, drunk by noon.
    • Rooftop bars and expensive shit – if you want to do baller things, NYC is the place to do them.  There are so many rooftop bars with amazing views and pretty women (sometimes better than the rooftop view), it’s ridiculous. Try Le Bain, 230 Fifth, Plunge, and Eataly Beer garden to get started.
    • Appreciate the Graffiti scene – I’ve seen a lot of graf and I must say the graf in NY is different. There’s none of that toy sh*t you see in Europe. London is okay too.
  • Switzerland – Soak in the nature. The air is so freaking fresh and all mountains look like they come from paintings.  Good job copying the paintings, nature!
    • Skiing/Sledding on Swiss Alps – If you ski or snowboard, you MUST try this. If you’re too poor (like I was), go rent a sled instead and have a blast flying down the mountain and learning how to stop. Hint: avoid falling on the ice parts.
  • Italy – A place for many things, but mostly the history of Rome, authentic food, and beautiful scenery.
    • Cinque Terre hike along the crops path – Don’t be silly and pay for that trail when you can just wander your way across the top of mountains trespassing into someone’s backyard.  Bring a towel and stay in a 200 EUR 4-star hotel with an incredible balcony view. It’s totally worth it.
    • History of Rome – everything felt like it was in sepia tone.
    • Vatican City and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel – if there’s anywhere you should go, it’s the Sistine Chapel. I sat there for 30 minutes looking at all the details and damn; that dude was talented.
  • Spain – Siestas, Fiestas, tapas, and paella
    • Valencia/Denia all night parties – Best time of my life partying until 8AM
    • Architectural beauty of Gaudi – some of my favorite sites of Barcelona were in a building or wandering a park
  • Amsterdam – Obviously, the pommes frites
    • 420 and Vangogh Museum – there’s something about being in Amsterdam that makes everyone super mellow and hungry. I can’t quite put it into words.  Mostly because I forgot the words.
  • France – For the romantics and truly a city of 1000 dates
    • Paris Eiffel Tower – it’s as cliche as the top of the Empire State Building, but it’s a must-see for a reason. Bring a marker :)
    • The Louvre – I love museums and this is one of my favorites. I could spend days here just soaking in the art.
  • Germany – A wondrous place of friendly people, great hiking, Bavarian castles, and steins of beer
    • Berlin nightlife – if you like clubs, you’ll like the Berlin nightlife. It’s absolutely crazy and highly unsanitary.
    • Night sky of Schliersee – this is probably true of camping in mountains on a clear night, but I have never seen so many stars in my life.
  • Belgium – I love beer, yes I do.
    • Delirium – a beer drinker’s dream. I’ve never tasted a bad Belgian beer.  A safe choice is the Orval, Kwak, or Grimbergen Dubbel; it will make your taste buds so happy

Where I want to go next:

  • Peru – Machu Pichu – it’s a two day hike to the top, but from the pictures I’ve seen, I’m sure it’s worth it.
  • Costa Rica – Zip-lining through the woods – Costa Rica in general is a great honey moon location, but zip-lining all the way through the canopy sounds so epic
  • Road Trip across US – I can’t believe I haven’t gone west of Ohio (besides Las Vegas).  I need to do this drive and I’d prefer to do it with someone who can make good car conversation.
  • Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park – another majestic sight that everyone says will change your life
  • West Coast skiing on powder – I’ve never really been good at skiing on powder, but I’ve always wanted to learn. Utah, anyone?
  • Thailand – when my friend told me he ordered an entire restaurant’s menu for $20, I felt like it was a calling. I just so happen to love Thai food and adventure.
  • Hawaii – I’m totally there for the spam.  That and a possible volcano hike.
  • Tibet – A part of me wants to learn inner peace and live on the side of a mountain with zero technology.  The other parts of me think this idea is ludicrous, but it would be nice to experience a nature walk
  • Africa – Safari and climbing Kilimanjaro – I’ve watched a lot of “when animals attack” videos and they all seem to happen to white tourists in a jeep.  But still, how could I not do this?
  • Australia – not only do I know a handful of Aussies who will drink me under the table, but I also really dig the accent. I kind of want to go just to speak a little more Australian. If it weren’t for the 22 hour plane ride, I’d consider this a bit more seriously.

As I wrote this list, I realized that I have been fortunate enough to see and experience a lot of different cultures and attractions along the way.  The crazy thing is that there are still so many more places I want to go in this world than I have time for. Luckily, we have the interwebs to help us read in gruesome detail about people’s journeys to these remote locations.

Pictures feed my curiosity and I’m okay with taking my time to cross off the items on this travel list.  In fact, my travels may be that much better when I have my travel partner.  It will become less of a personal discovery, and more of a lasting bond.  She could rearrange my whole list… hmm… I look forward to it.

~See Lemons See the World

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Ramen Snobbing

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Random Observation/Comment #280: I miss Japan. Those were some good times…

Look at that Duck Ramen

Some may call me a ramen snob, but that’s because when I lived in Japan, ramen was the only thing that kept me alive on a student budget (that and a lot of onigiri).  Since I’ve returned, I’ve looked for restaurants that can match the quality of broth, noodle, and authenticity that I had once taken for granted.  In my search for truth, I’ve tried the top-rated places in NYC and even spent the whole month of February only eating out at Ramen places.

Verdict: NYC does a great job enhancing the presentation and creating well-rounded authentic-looking restaurants with those real imported old Japanese chefs in cool hats.  They bring their broth recipes from abroad and sprinkle it with enthusiasm and a constant strive for perfection.  However, there is always something lacking when I do my comparisons.  Whether it’s the ridiculously high prices, lack of lye in the noodles, or 2-hour waits to get a little spot to enjoy a garlic-filled bowl of deliciousness, I really just miss being able to step into a train station ramen shop and having an incredible and cheap lunch.  I’d eat it alone in the corner with the other Japanese business men grabbing something to go, and engulfed with the sounds of slurping.  It’s lost a piece of its soul when restaurants feel the need to play pop music in the background and serve with everything slightly fashionable.

It was the NYC arrogance and the expected (and somewhat necessary) twist to fit a specific niche so a restaurant can survive in the concrete jungle with merciless foodies.  But, you see, business and “fusion” ways of bringing a modern pop to an old and perfectly incredible style has ruined something sacred. It has made the ojiisan shed a tear and shake his head in shame for what they’ve done to the art.

Here are the top ramen places and my honest opinions about them: Continue reading →

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Inspiring Your Audience

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Random Observation/Comment #279: Being more comfortable with public speaking has made my overall life better because of the extra confidence and effective communication with my peers and managers.  I’m glad I’ve faced this fear – best choice ever.

Inspirational? Well.. really just a cool pic

If you follow the Toastmasters Competent Communicator speeches, you’ll find that it walks you through 10 specific areas that will make your speech excel.  The guide breaks down different techniques (e.g. speaking with body language, voice inflections, etc.) and asks the presenter to specifically exaggerate the techniques highlighted for each speech.  The repeated practice of these major techniques hopefully leads you to improve iteratively.  The overall program is structured as followed:

  1. Icebreaker – Talk about the most comfortable topic – yourself J
  2. Organization and Being Concise – Content module on organization and staying on topic
  3. How to Say it, Body Language, and Vocal Variety – Stage presence module to connect with audience
  4. Research the topic, Visual Aids, and Persuasive speaking – More advanced techniques and tips that will make your speech polished
  5. Inspire your Audience – Honing all the skills you’ve learned on a topic that you’re passionate about

By the time you reach “Inspire your Audience”, you will hopefully also read public presentation books and learn little tips and tricks from watching other presenters.  It’s important to see the following trends in an excellent inspirational speech:

  1. Topic – In great speeches, this is always either the life’s work or deep passion of the speaker. You can tell by the way their eyes light up when they tell you about the issues and the stories.  It’s something they can probably speak for hours about if you met them at a bar randomly.  When you pick your inspirational speech topic – make sure it is something you’re passionate about.
  2. Stories – Many of these are personal and relate to friends/family or common situations, which draws the audience into a very casual and conversational connection.  These are meaningful and usually come with some humor to make the audience nod and smile at the same time.  Carefully place stories within the structure of the presentation to help everyone relate the ideas.
  3. Body Language – If not animated, the presenter of a great speech will at least look comfortable on the stage. They will not shuffle or play with their hair, but rather stand with confidence and convey their ideas.  Remember that if you were never good at using the full stage, it’s important to at least not do distracting habits to draw away from your speech.
  4. Voice inflection – Along the same lines as the confidence factor, the presenter usually speaks conversationally with significant use of pauses and uniform pace to keep the audience interested.  If you’re not good at acting out other people’s parts in a story with a conversation, at least tell the story with enthusiasm and a smile.  To practice, listen to audiobooks and follow along.
  5. Involving the Audience – A very useful technique is to poll the audience questions so they raise their hands and get to see the result of a quick consensus amongst the crowd.  Make sure the question makes sense and try to adjust it so you involve more people if none raise their hands. It’s a good way to get people to look around and see who else is interested in your topic.
  6. Call to Action – Since the overall purpose of the speech is to inform your audience of an issue or share with them a thought-provoking idea, a large part of the overall conclusion will include a recommended action by the audience to forward the cause. The combination of a summary and main takeaway from the speech at least makes the speech more memorable afterwards. Make sure you highlight this takeaway separately and provide a pause before you say it.

This list can get pretty long when filled with tips and tricks, but the most important thing to remember when you’re up there is that everyone in the audience is on your side. They want to know what you know (even if they’re not for your particular cause).  When you give a great speech, at least they will still say “Wow! That was excellent, and presented with a strong argument.”

Practice and I’m sure you’ll be fine.

~See Lemons Inspired

Important: The more you observe good speakers, the better you’ll become and build your own methods of connecting with the audience. TED Talks!

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Finding Your Perfect Career

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Random Observation/Comment #278: Greed is such a terrible thing – especially greed for money. It causes so much pain and suffering around the world for no reason.  Money is such a terrible thing, except when you have a lot of it.

Pensively looking out... looking forward... always forward

When I refer to the “perfect career”, I mean the path you take through your life giving back to society what you’ve learned. It’s not a cookie-cut path you follow or even one that you can predict. A career is more of something you sit down when you’re 50 and reminisce about with your other 50-year-old friends.

Our generation (the Gen-Y) believes that you get a new and better job every 2 years with 30% raises and ultimate ruling power over everyone in the firm.  They like gadgets, technology, and everything instantaneous.  They’re impatient because they grow up in a generation that is always connected and never truly needs to work to find information.  Don’t get me wrong – it’s a good thing, but there is something to be learned from going to a library and spending an hour reading tons of books and looking through those wooden catalog boxes at public libraries to get an answer.  Anyway, I digress – I can rant about the generation gap in another blog post.

I’ve organized this so that you can choose your side on all of these factors that come with each career, and then hopefully you’ll be able to narrow down your choices.  Here are the four main considerations for a career:

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Ireland: It’s so Green

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Random Observation/Comment #277: I’ve been taking a lot of these long-weekend trips of 3 nights. I think they are the perfect number of days before you stop being productive with your foreign-country-adventure. After all, these vacations are more for my exploration of a new country than the relaxation from any type of stress. What can be so stressful if I’m taking long-weekend trips to Ireland? Damn, I love cushy honeymoon periods.

I love jumping pictures

Ireland is green; many different shades of green on top of more green. The grass is green; the shops are green; and even the sheep have some green spots. There’s a very soothing blend of nature, friendly faces, and Guinness generously spread throughout the country. There’s not much more you can ask for – well, maybe the food could be less starchy and filled with more vegetables, but I’m just being picky.

Anyway, here are 5 things to do:

  1. Drink Guinness. Drinking is heavily infused into the culture and for a good reason – they have Guinness. Oh, baby, do they have a good Guinness. It will change your life. It tastes like dark ice cream goodness with a perfect after-taste and euphoric sensation in your mouth. If there wasn’t a party in your mouth before, there is now (don’t take that out of context). The interesting thing is that the locals also drink Guinness and enjoy their 5 pints at noon. If an American drank 5 bottles of Budweisers at noon, they would be alcoholics with poor taste in beer; The Irish, on the contrary, are just awesome. Check out Nancy Hands pub by the Heuston train station, it has table taps so you can serve yourself and then pay based on the pints you’ve poured. It’s such a brilliant idea, but at the same time bad news… It’s like an alcohol buffet.
  2. Cliffs of Moher and Irish castles along the way. Dublin is fun, but it doesn’t exactly capture the green of the country. The best day I had in Ireland was a day-trip to Galway followed by a tour to the Cliffs of Moher.  For 60 EUR, we were taken care of the entire day by transportation and given enough time to take pictures and walk around the cliffs.  I’d consider driving, but I’ve never driven on the left side of the road, and I feel like traffic patterns would get us into more danger.  When you get to the Cliffs of Moher, I should really caution those that are scared of heights to stay away from the edge.  There’s really not much of a railing and very rarely do people pay attention to those big warning signs anyway.   Trust me – it is unbelievably beautiful, but dying would really put a hamper on the trip.
  3. Jameson Distillery >> Guinness tour = Fact. There were so many warnings about the Guinness tour that I decided to skip it. There were, however, fewer warnings about the Jameson one, so I went there instead. The tour itself is filled with fun facts and it’s well-presented by the guides. It was also extremely biased towards Jameson being better than any other whiskey in the world, but what do you expect? It’s not like they would market another competitor – that sounds like something Iceland would do.
  4. St Michan’s Church Crypts. This was a hidden gem and well worth the few EURs.  The tour guide, Peter, seemed to know a little bit about every culture and had a very interesting personality.  I think he would be a good drinking buddy.  His William Shatner way of talking actually made the tour extremely entertaining.  The slow pauses made me hang on to every word and all the little interesting stories along the way.  It’s really just a tomb filled with preserved mummies, but the tour was fantastic.
  5. Watch a Rugby game and hear the Irish sing. It wasn’t planned, but we happened to arrive in Ireland for the weekend of the Ireland vs Scotland game.  The bars were packed and the people were drinking by 2PM for a solid pre-game.  When the Irish and Scottish drink, they’re bound to break out in song at least once.  It is a beautiful thing to hear manly men sing loudly their Irish camp fire songs.  There are so many verses, and no one messes up a single line (even after 6 drinks).  In fact, the songs just get louder and the people just start swaying back and forth.  By the end of the night, everyone joins in and it’s like open karaoke.  I wonder what songs Americans would sing… Journey? Sweet Caroline? We need more drinking songs.

There are plenty of hotels around the area, but I stayed at a bed and breakfast called Tipperary House Dublin. The owner, Mark, is extremely nice and gives an objective opinion about Dublin.  It’s obviously awesome, but he’ll point you in the right direction for a good time.  I saw a few other hotels in the area, and for the price, you’ll be extremely satisfied.

The whole weekend trip was incredible, but I’d recommend taking a few more days to see more of the country-side.  If you’re looking for a place to escape reality, then go to Ireland for 6 days, get some drinks in you, make some new friends, and enjoy the green.

~See Lemons Love Ireland

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The Food Bucket List

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Random Observation/Comment #276: I can’t imagine having a dietary restriction. I probably shouldn’t take this freedom as an obligation to eat everything that once lived. Why do majestic animals taste so good?

Ready to eat.

This blog entry started as a general bucket list, but I found that my bucket list split very categorically into location activities/sights, food adventures, and miscellaneous accomplishments.  I decided to start with what I had already done.  This was a long list, and the specific food adventure list, is something worth sharing for all the foodies out there (in no particular order).

  • Iceland
  • Minke whale – lightly seared and served in a jar from the Icelandic bar. It actually had the texture of filet mignon and I would definitely eat it again (especially because it’s served in a jar).
  • Hakarl – smells like ammonia and tastes like its decomposing (or further fermenting) in your mouth. That being said, it’s not so terrible. It was something worth trying… once.
  • Reindeer burger – the texture was that of a soft burger, but there was this lingering gamy taste to it. I associate the taste with lamb often because overcooking lamb brings on the same smell and grass-fed taste.
  • Raw Puffin – I like my sashimi, but this was odd. The deep purple strips of meat were very interesting and not the easiest to eat without some dipping sauce.  I really want to try puffin prepared in a different way.
  • Lobster bisque – This creamy, buttery concoction was incredible. I had a food boner while eating it because the flavor was so rich and warmed my body completely. Continue reading →
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My Greatest Fear

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Random Observation/Comment #275: Mentoring >> Networking. I find it rewarding being a mentor and extremely inspiring being a mentee.  Networking has become way too artificial of a term anyway. Let’s keep it more personal :) .

Heights? Nah...

I stood in front of the podium: sweaty, nervous, and a little nauseous. What do I do with my hands? What am I talking about again? I remember I kept touching my hair (I used to have hair down to my chin and I did this weird swoop).  I shifted left and right, and then started reading directly from my notes. I just wanted it to be over.  I spoke faster and mumbled into an incoherent mess that was supposed to be my speech summarizing my first trip to Japan.  80 people. They were all staring at me with such judgmental eyes. I somehow imagined them laughing and my parents shaking their heads in shame.  I was embarrassed. I was 16 and it was by far the worst day of my life.

Fast forward 4 years later, I had become an engineer at Cooper Union and had spent my summers working in a start-up company.  I spoke in numbers and played dungeons and dragons on weekends.  Well… I still play D&D, but that’s not the point.  I gave a start-up company pitch, and even though I knew the material and I knew how to sell it, I had no execution finesse.  Whenever my mouth opened to explain something, I could have been a great Subject Matter Expert, but I did not know my audience and I did not effectively communicate.

These two experiences shaped my life.  The first one made me introverted. I hid behind books and memorized encyclopedias for fun.  I never wanted to do public speaking again and decided to become an engineer.

The second experience made me realize that becoming an engineer did not mean that you hid from communication skills either.  Being a successful developer is great, but if you’re unable to explain what you did effectively, someone else will steal your credit.  It was because of these revelations that I decided to become a better speaker.

How did I do it?  It sounds like a great build-up for Toastmasters, but it actually wasn’t this public speaking forum that made me more social.  It was actually my 2 years of traveling around the world and talking to girls at bars.  I figured out why it worked though.

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Icelandic Journey with Friends

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Random Observation/Comment #274: I love adding things to my bucket list unintentionally and then checking them off immediately. Dog sled across a glacier. Check. Eat Minke Whale. Check.

iceland is beautiful. yes it is.

Gadinkadurgen to all (don’t try to look up this word because you won’t find it). Iceland is an absolutely beautiful place filled with random acts of precipitation and sporadic weather representing all the different possible forms of winter.  Within one day, you will have 4 different types of rain, mist, hail, sleet, show, random rainbows, some overcast clouds, some scary gray clouds, and different levels of fog + high winds blowing snow around to look like fog. For February, Iceland was probably warmer than New York (at around + /- 3 degrees C), but gloves, hats, boots, and scarves are definitely recommended. By observing the locals, it seems umbrellas are not really a thing. The random acts of precipitation only last for around 5 to 10 minutes so people are not fazed by it. If there ever is heavy rain, they would probably go into a nearby store and say hello to someone they probably know out of the 120,000 inhabitants.

Everyone speaks English. They probably speak English better than I do. In fact, I feel like they study English colloquial terms from movies and TV shows because they would say “hey, what’s up?” or “how’s it going?” instead of the “how are you?” proper forms. I found it surprisingly comforting.

I’ve also found that the locals care much more about the people than the businesses. We drove into a gas station to fill up gas, and the guy behind the counter says “this really isn’t a gas station. The easiest thing to do is to go to the shell station down the road and they will help you much better.” overall, I think they’re all just genuinely nice and helpful people. There’s a sense of Icelandic hospitality that borders the line of “Why are you being so helpful, it is getting suspicious like you want something in return.” of course, this is just a jaded, careful traveler’s thought process, but they would really go out of their way. It must be the sweaters. They probably give super powers of generosity. They also look pretty badass. And by badass, I mean most of them are a little ugly and itchy, but it’s rather stylish and I think I can pull it off.

So let’s go into the things to do in Iceland. The main 6 things we did were:

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Online Dating Questions

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Random Observation/Comment #273: I’ve always found religion to be based more on a community than the actual ritual or stories behind it. If you’re a part of the church/temple/mosque then you at least know you’ve filtered out people that believe in a similar set of rules.  It’s really like a filtering mechanism for people to meet other people that should be a better fit.  From the perspective of finding a mate: Online dating.  Problem solved.

me

I don’t need an online dating profile because it would probably make someone I know really mad and I rather live a less dramatic life.  However, I thought that the questions were rather interesting so I might as well answer them and show that I can make something clever and personable.

My self-summary:

I can confidently say that “I got my shit together” in all aspects of life.  Career successful for its purpose. Hobbies abundant. Happiness in every little thing.  Adventures continuous. Philosophy – perfect simplicity. Psychology – consistency. Passions undying. Community contributing. Family unbreakable. Friends selective. Love unconditional.

It may be weird for someone to say they do everything, but yes, I do everything.  And if I don’t do it, tell me, and I’ll probably pick it up on the side.

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Preventing a Mid-Life Crisis

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the trigger

Random Observation/Comment #272: This may be the most profound observation yet. I think too much.

The quarter life crisis, as described as the previous entry, is the moment of realization that the path towards growing up and getting a job was not all it was made out to be 10 years ago. Life looks more or less like the same stuff since our moments of change and advancement have faded. Now it’s just patience and riding out the wave to leave a legacy, right? Well if you’re scared shitless that you’ve stepped into the wrong relationship, career path, living arrangements or group of friends that will make you miserable when you have your mid-life crisis, there’s an app for that. I mean, I can share some of my tips and tricks on the matter.

Here are 5 things that I think will prevent a quarter-life and mid-life crisis. Plus, this will probably make life, overall, much better.

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