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- Apr 10, 2016
- 4 min
Conquering Mountains
Disclaimer: this blog will probably be the longest one I ever write, so feel free to take your time because you won’t want to miss a line. So let me first apologize for my selfish silence, its been an EXTREMELY busy 3 weeks filled with so many stories, adventures, ups, downs, and most importantly one the most significant transitions of my life. Part 1: The Climb So currently I’m sitting at the top of Stone Mountain- this was one of THE MOST PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING things I’ve
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- Oct 19, 2015
- 5 min
Buyers Beware: Being Spotted
It’s been two weeks since I “bought” my car. Everything seemed to have worked out great. Although I didn’t get the rate, I wanted the payment was manageable. About a week after I got the car I received a call from the dealer saying I needed to come in and resign the contract. Cool. I figured it was because I needed to pay the additional $500 for the down payment, which we had agreed to initially. It wasn’t. He continued and explained that the bank that was financing the loan
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- Apr 17, 2014
- 2 min
Drafts
It’s amazing how many life changing speeches go unheard. Or how many prolific dissertations have gone unpublished. Or how many sheets of paper were wasted on unfinished marriage vows. Why? Because they were simply drafts, preliminary versions of a piece of writing. The beginning stages of genius to be revisited or the sparing of unfruitful and unsuccessful literary work. Regardless of their type of draft, they are never given chance to become what they could have been. Transl
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