To live under the shroud of seclusion is necessary when pursuing new territory. Communication without the recharge of distance and time depletes the social battery. Great thinkers like Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Dr. Martin Luther King sought alone time to make important decision without a social pull toward compromised principles. I do not claim peership with the above trailblazers, but I acknowledge the self-confidence required to benefit society.

Reality: Social media is an “easily-accessible” powerful tool, and you must use it differently to get ahead.

Left unchecked, privacy is a crutch used by the fearful. To live honestly, well, that takes a special trait–the courage to walk by faith and not the sight of history.

Reality: Unfortunately, many of us are competing with each other. We don’t need to.

Most days I prefer the silence of woods over the bittersweet limelight of a bustling city. You can bring the boy out of South Jersey, but you can’t take the South Jersey out of the boy. But silence does not equal peace, so peace may be loud, and silence deadly. This point segways into one of my biggest questions: Why are the greatest writers of our time used to sell people and products, but rarely ideas? I don’t have the chops to spill a concrete answer, yet I will search for the answer. Thus, I’ll need concerted effort seeking questions.

Reality: You could be a genius, and so could I, but it doesn’t matter until the people decide.

The judgement between genius and lunacy is determined by time and the hypothetical degree of variation from expectation. Otherwise, is there true connection to other fields in one’s hypothesis.

Reality: One must work on the work until it works.

Unfortunately for my short-term well-being, my writing must be more entertaining to hold more water/weight. I always have a chip on my shoulder so improvement is inevitable. I have resistance to the academy, as I lack desire to plead to the rich for acknowledgement of my perspective. Instead, I strive to make connections others don’t see and place them in front of the people in a relevant, engaging way.

Reality: Most people aren’t conscious consumers.

The last few years, I’ve been coming up with principles for living a good life. So far, I’ve landed on four that I elect to prioritize for the next 4 years. I’ll share them at a later date. For now, I set out to understand where I’ve been, and use all at my fingertips to elevate from wages.

Reality: If you cannot be used, you are useless.