Police cannot seize your Bitcoin* Citizens need not ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even real estate to be taken away permanently by the government. Asset Forfeiture Abuse – American Civil Liberties Union The government and banks cannot freeze your Bitcoin* because of your political protest Canadian authorities…
The Bitcoin Standard Summary (a 4-minute read) by Luke Rowley 1-Sentence-Summary: The Bitcoin Standard uses the history of money and gold to explain why Bitcoin is the way to go if the world wants to stick to having sound money and why it’s the only cryptocurrency to be focusing on right now. Read the rest of the…
Carrie: The other thing I need to work on is “letting things go” in general. Holding on tends to eat me alive because I’m way too sensitive about literally every single thing. Me: Give those things a smile, a deep breath, and a blessing. Then let them go. You don’t need to keep checking in…
Carrie: “I want to kill all the other drivers on the road while I’m driving to work. I hate the situation I’m stuck in at work!” Had a good chat with my friend Carrie, who hates her job situation but is afraid of standing up for herself by telling her boss what would be better…
Self-assembled happiness springs forth from being kind without the expectation of anything in return. Reid Walley, May 15, 2022
When you hold the door open for someone and they don’t say thank you… You held the door open out of the kindness of your heart, not a payment-due transaction. In fact, you held the door open with zero expectations of a thank you. And that’s why your heart is kind. While gratitude from the…
I always found that *weird* started in the mirror and then journeyed out-of-doors where it mingled, merged, and moved about. But there had to be enough blue-dye #13 to leave a ring on the shores of the community, otherwise *weird* never gets a chance to percolate.
Overheard a person at Temple Coffee in Sacramento, CA talk about practicing their presentation. We chatted, and eventually got to the topic of making eye contact. They said they’d recently been on stage and stared at one person the entire time they were speaking, remarking, “I’m sure the person I was staring at felt uncomfortable….
When you videotape yourself once, you capture your mistakes When you videotape yourself over a year, you showcase your progress Facing my fear of public speaking as an arc of progress really helped me stay mentally strong when videotaping each individual speech.
How do you see outside of yourself if you’re using your own eyes to see? Spot the cracks. Rock climbing uses a method for reaching higher: spot & spike. Look up, spot a crack, place and drive a spike (piton). Carry a hammer Have a pocket full of spikes Spot the cracks “In climbing, a…