I remember my school graduation back in December 2018. Because it marked the end of my life as a part of the school system, it was a big deal for me. I had been primarily a student for most of my life up until that point. From elementary school to middle school to high school …
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How My Relationship with My Parents Changed
This past Mothers’ Day, I reflected on the fond memories I have with my mom. I realized that there was an important turning point in the relationship that I hardly acknowledge – the moment we became friends. I can’t pinpoint the exact time, but at some point, during the past few years, I grew up …
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The Origins of Mothers’ Day
Mothers have been celebrated the world over since ancient times. However, when it comes to celebrating mothers, nothing quite beats the modern holiday of Mother’s Day. While my mom is the best, I’ll be the first to admit that all mothers can be cool in their way. They sacrifice so much for their children, so …
The Importance of Editing
I’ve recently been reading The Editor’s Companion by Steve Dunham. I haven’t gotten too far into the book, but I’m already learning a lot from it. The book teaches how to edit any form of writing and applies this teaching to a variety of areas. I have a bunch of books like this on my …
Autism and Friendship
When I was younger, I had a lot of problems with socializing. This is not odd for a young man. Young people tend to lack the confidence and the assuredness to speak about certain things. With age comes experience and wisdom, and with those things, confidence. While youth can bring with it unearned confidence that …
How to Make a Blog
Recently, I’ve been receiving many comments on my blog, and I’m so happy that they are coming through. Whereas before I would check these comments once a week or once every other week, I now have to check them every day. That’s a sign that this blog is growing rapidly. I find the criticism and …
How to Personalize Your Bookshelves
I spent this week cleaning up my bookshelf, and I have to say: organizing books is hard. It’s not simply because I have a lot of books (though that is a factor). Rather, books are hard to organize in general. This is especially true if you’re a book-lover like myself. Books are portals to other …
Easter Blessings
This week is Holy Week, which means it’s time to talk about it and the holiday it leads up to – Easter! Easter holiday is sort of the red-headed stepchild of the Christian holidays, at least compared to something like Christmas. I believe this is because the secular world is unable to capture the feeling …
Writing the Blog
The first anniversary of my blog will be in about a month from now. Given that, I thought I’d look back and talk about why I chose to write this blog. If you’ve ever taken a look at my “about” page, you would see that it mostly talks about my autism. This is not something …
Job Hunting
If there’s one thing that frustrates me the most, it’s job hunting. Job hunting is stressful because, more often than not, it involves a lot of people rejecting your earnest applications. Being rejected is never fun, so being rejected for a job when you need it is even harder. The longer one remains unemployed, the …