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The Power of Abandonment I abandoned nearly everything I owned when I moved to the West Coast. It was a week after the George Floyd incident, America was in the most turmoil that I had seen, and I called an audible. I took out my life savings in a cashiers check, got in my car, and started driving. My only housing prospect was with a guy I emailed on Craigslist who wanted to meet in person, and I had nothing better to do during the Pandemic....

The Path Not Taken While most of the world opted to stay at home during The Pandemic, I ended up moving across the country from Ohio, a state that was relatively lax with restrictions, to California, by far the most restrictive state. I knew this meant I would be spending a lot of time alone, but the effects of isolation were far more powerful than I had realized. What was originally supposed to be starting a new chapter of life ended up being more like a year-long science experiment with isolation and insanity....

The Rubber Capital of the World Origin and Growth in the early 1900s, cars are brought to market and changed America forever. My home town of Akron, Ohio became the epicenter for tire production, a critical wear-item for cars. Akron quickly became a boomtown, exploding in population 5x from about 40 thousand in 1900 to over 200 thousand by 1920. This sort of growth isn’t even seen anymore in present-day America....

Surrender to the Flow There’s a lot of things we can’t control. The weather, traffic, politics, etc. Rather than let these bother me, I aim to focus on the things I can control. Origin: Phish - The Lizards Money Beats Soul You know how much your soul’s worth? Your soul’s worth about as much as you can get on Wall Street, my dear — Jim Morrison1 It’s a rather unfortunate fact....