abrahamKim shared this line in a post - "I want to tell stories that affect people emotionally."

Reading that line - I wanted to highlight it immediately. Like I did back when I used to read paper...

Second week of the writing class I am taking with Abraham Kim and Daniel Miller . This weeks assignment is around learning sentence composition in the style of the author we want to mimic. I selected Scott Adams for this week and am rewriting a post I had written before....

It was fall 1999. It had been a few months since I came to the US. Still beaming and hopeful about what I could do and who I could become.

As I waited for the registration to clear up at the local community college, I looked for a job. I was...

I am mildly curious about therapy. 
I have seen movies like 'Analyze this' and the show - 'Sopranos'. I learnt about what talking to a therapy looks like from those shows. But I am not sure if those shows are realistic. 

I wonder how easy it is to talk to...

If someone offered you a business opportunity where you can make 2 million dollars a day in revenue with substantial profit, would you take it?

I just read this article about the casinos in Maryland making $169 million revenue in March of this year. I started to wonder about the...

Since COVID, I don't go out much. It is maybe groceries or doctor's appointment that gets me our of the house. Many doctors are also doing telehealth so even that is rare. After over a year of this house arrest, I felt like having a change of scenery. 

There isn't...

I have written on this topic less than a month ago. Love and romance seem to be oscillating on my mind as I watch Netflix and think about listening and ego.

Today I heard Bill and Melinda Gates are getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage. For some reason, that...

I am a competition junkie. When I look at all my favorite reality tv shows, they are all around competition of some sort. The latest on is chopped. A cooking competition show. I have been watching the show for the last few months. 

I don't remember what got me started. But...

Pre-Session Assignment for May 1st

 Bring 2 writing excerpts from your Narcissus. These can be short essays, articles, or selections (2-3 pages) from a longer book.


My response: 1. Scott Adams:
The day you became a better writer:

 
- Why you like these pieces in particular?
- What elements of them you most want...

I am finally back to writing on a regular basis. It is still harder than it used to be but I am sticking with it. 

Today, I want to resume my monthly wrap up summaries.

The good:

#1. Am back to writing daily. 
#2. Sugars are great. My latest A1C is 5.9%...