Hey. How are you? Wait, don't answer that, let me guess... you think you're "basically" an adult, and you feel like you have plenty of time. You can't wait until you go to college, because you feel the near-certainty that comes with it: the inevitable independence, the guaranteed increase in knowledge. You've overgrown a city … Continue reading Dear Sixteen Year-Old Me
What Surfing Has Taught Me About Dealing with Life
When I was 16, I picked up a surfboard for the first time in my life. (Coincidentally, I learned in the very place I'd find myself several years later, happily engaged. But we're not there yet.) It was much larger than I'd expected, and took a lot of effort to move it across a beach. … Continue reading What Surfing Has Taught Me About Dealing with Life