Mountains to Molehills

Published on April 2nd, 2024

When starting a new project, it's important to be realistic about the challenges involved. I'm working on an app that allows users to create collaborative SoundCloud playlists. It was awesome to get the first API call to work to just update a playlist with whatever songs I provided. I was so ready to build more because this feeling was awesome. But then I looked up and saw the mountain in front of me.

Thoughts on The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

Published on March 18th, 2024

I just finished reading The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor who is a corporate speaker and researcher on happiness. I had low expectations going into the book, but it surprised me with some new actionable ideas to apply to my own life. The thing I enjoyed most were all the little anecdotes showcasing how simple things can lead to people feeling happier. The stories gave me a lot of inspiration and led to a lot of thoughts of "maybe things aren't so bad" trickling into my mind.

Choosing the Hard Path

Published on March 2nd, 2024

When you think about your future or even the universe's future you realize something. At the end of the day, it all ends. Nothing is permanent and it will all come to a close in one way or another. That's why the idea of legacy projects were always odd to me. Now that doesn't include the idea of heaven which I guess would be a good rebuttal but with regards to what we know we are all gonna meet our end one day.