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The Delicacy Behind Helping Someone Versus Destroying Them — When Holding Hegemonic Power
I know I mentioned hegemony in the title, but the story I’m sharing is not solely one of systematic power imbalance, even though the person who attempted to push me down was in authority. Even though she did eventually try to exercise hegemonic strength over me, or as I’ve recognized it: Pontius Power. She ordered…
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We Want The Ideal, Without Becoming The Type
Men and women like the idea of many things. What they often don’t like is the kind of person they’d have to be for those ideas to make sense. In many circumstances, people desire outcomes that their current character actively repels. They want the reward without becoming the type of individual who could reasonably obtain…
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Bibbled Baths & Boofy Bookies
This poem is driven by phonetics, not meaning. Many might argue that this body of writing makes no sense. However, I would argue that it makes the same kind of ‘no sense’ across the board, which gives us a lot more structure than you may be willing to accredit for. You see, there’s something powerful…
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Why I Struggle To Trust People In Need
You might be judging me already. That’s okay. Most people see the speck in someone else’s eye without noticing the log in their own. Everyone is a humanitarian, especially behind their keyboard. But before you decide what kind of person I am, understand this: people who have seen very little are often quick to judge…
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What Happens When An Organization Is Genuinely Excited
A magnifying glass on the 2026 WBC Dominican baseball team. “Nothing good ever happens until someone gets excited — think about it. You wouldn’t even be born unless your parents got excited.” — Francisco Marte, Founder & Chief Visionary Officer at Marte Companies & Co. If you came here for a scientific, self-help, psychological, nerdy…
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Why Writing Is Better Than Speaking
This long-form thought explores writing as a way of thinking and why clarity often arrives on the page before it ever does out loud. I’m a better writer than a speaker. But people who’ve heard me speak publicly tend to claim I’m a really good speaker also. I think the reason that may be isn’t…
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Thinking About The Worst Doesn’t Make You Paranoid, It Makes You Prepared
This piece explores mental preparedness, the difference between panic and action, and why thinking through worst-case scenarios often creates calm rather than fear. A guy coughed violently on my left peripheral the other day. It wasn’t a polite cough. Nor was it a “clear your throat” cough. It was one of those guttural, ‘something is…
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The Characters We Wear
This essay explores performative identity. How the characters we adopt for work, social media, business, and family slowly shape who we believe we are. Our palpable world impersonates a theater. Real people spend their best moments as fictional characters. You might’ve seen it but have never been able to put your finger on it. Because…
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Getting A Girlfriend Was A Great Idea; Waiting 7 Years Was An Even Greater One
And before some buffoon states the obvious… I know… “Getting Married Is The Greatest Idea.” I promise to write that continuation once it applies. Today (February 20th, 2026) is our two year anniversary. There’s so many ways I can go with this rumination because there are so many facets to her personality, her quirks, her…
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Why The Barbershop Is The Hood’s Therapist
This rumination explores why the barbershop often functions as an informal form of therapy for many men. A space where trust, vulnerability, and community naturally form. There was a guy in the shop who had taken a prostate exam.And another guy who was scared to take one. Everyone was joking, but not the kind of…