Monthly Archives: May 2011

Detox — The Hard Facts

Detoxing from caffeine and sugar at the same time is brutal. It’s really tough. I’m a man who loves my coffee. Even just a tall black coffee from Starbucks with a little half+half and a little Equal a la Primal … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Commencement

Just read the previous post and was pretty moved — it definitely takes on a new meaning for me now that I have actually graduated college. Now that I have a bit of free time to regroup and get ready … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Stripping Away The Inessential

I’ll start this post with one of my favorite parts of J.K. Rowling’s much-publicized 2008 Harvard Commencement Speech: “So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Boxing

Yesterday, I broke in some new boxing mitts and decided to switch things up with a boxing workout, something I hadn’t done in a while. In short, it was amazing. There’s something about fighting that’s instinctive, natural, and just right. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

It’s All About Hard Work

To all of those working hard right now on various things – Luck is a function of hard work. It’s a function of positivity and keeping an open heart, but it is definitely also a function of hard work. Put … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

My Primal Run

Last night, I had what you could call, figuratively and literally, a Primal run in one of three great Harvard traditions that college students do here before they graduate. Wisdom I gleaned from the experience: 1) Sometimes you just have … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment