The Exploration Narrative
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365 days of bad writing until I earn my subscription back.
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Finding Balance Between the World and Self Responsibility
Introduction I have been listening to more philosophy podcasts recently. I probably need to give a shout-out to “Philosophize This!”. His content on the show is amazing. He really takes complex ideas of modern philosophers( as well as old) and breaks them down into very easy-to-understand concepts for the common person. The one I listened to today was the most recent one, and it was about how the capitalism that we think we live in might not really exist. Our capitalism has already evolved into something else. There are still remains of it in our society, but we are definitely in the transition. At least that is what this one philosopher argues. I forget his name, let me see. Yanis Varoufakis. I just wanted to include him for reference.
By The Exploration Narrative24 days ago in Journal
Eating Healthy in America
The other day I wanted to write something about eating healthy in America, but I got sidetracked into raging about capitalism destroying grocery stores. That may be a bit hyperbolic, lol. Today, however, I wanted to get back to that, especially because I have been suffering with some stomach issues, and healthy eating has been on my mind.
By The Exploration Narrative25 days ago in Journal
Compound Interest
I was thinking about compound interest the other day when I was researching the best ways to save for retirement. Because I was in that mindset, the ideas of compound interest were floating around my head. I was inspired by it. There is something encouraging to it. Maybe I should have started with what is compound interest, at least what it is in terms of investing.
By The Exploration Narrative26 days ago in Journal
On Creativity and Contemplation
On writing and creativity. I didn’t write today. I filled my time with other things. Honestly, it was the first day in a while where no one was in the house, so I played some video games. Civilization 6 is one of my favorites. I realized, however, that the more I play throughout the day, the less material my brain has for writing.
By The Exploration Narrative27 days ago in Journal
Grocery Stores and Capitalism
I was going to write about eating in America and how it seems like it has become so difficult to eat right, but in my trip to the grocery store, I realized how much capitalism had changed the landscape of one of our most frequented locations.
By The Exploration Narrative27 days ago in Journal
The Diluted Internet
Anything that can be written on the internet has already been written. At least that’s how it seems to be. I remember trying to start a blog a couple of years ago. I had a few niche ideas picked out. And while there wasn’t necessarily a blog on the topic, the content was still on various websites. I began writing and then quickly realized that I was getting my information from all these other websites. I was not creating anything new to put online. It was all derivative work based on articles that I was reading. It grew discouraging, for sure. I figured, how could I break through when all the information is already out there? It also didn’t feel satisfying. I didn’t feel like I was breaking any new ground, only copying information and reciting it.
By The Exploration Narrative29 days ago in Journal
The Hen and the Baby
It was a cool day and Julie left the window open. A nice breeze rushed in like the waves on a beach, and they would cool off the baby that was laying in a bassinet. Julie was cooking a soup for the night, and the smells infused themselves within the air. You could smell it from far away, and perhaps that is what attracted the hen to the window that day.
By The Exploration Narrativeabout a month ago in Fiction
FIRE
Introduction to FIRE This is something I stumbled across online recently. It is not a foreign idea to me, but an idea that I had a long time ago and lost along my journey. The concept of FIRE is very simple. Save a lot of money, make smart investments to grow your wealth, and eventually gain financial independence which is the point when the investments are creating enough wealth for you to live.
By The Exploration Narrativeabout a month ago in Journal
Slow....
What does it mean to slow down? To slow down means to do things with purpose. It means that you aren’t just checking items off the list. It is very easy to be productive, checking things off a list day after day, but this is unsatisfactory if done long enough; something ends up missing. I have been guilty of this many times in my life. Very seldom do I let myself get wrapped up in the task and enjoy it.
By The Exploration Narrativeabout a month ago in Journal
The Housing Market Blues
A house seems to be growing forever out of reach. I wasn’t quite on my feet with my career pre-COVID. During the COVID era, I made the majority of my professional moves to get an income decent enough to save and pay off some debt. Now that I am here, I am staring at home prices, and they seem wildly unattainable. I live in a very high-priced area—not quite as bad as New York or San Francisco, but just a step down. This is a growing problem that I must admit creates more stress in my life than I would like.
By The Exploration Narrativeabout a month ago in Journal
When the Pot is Boiling
When the pot is boiling, I keep hearing the political atmosphere being referred to as “hot,” and from the outside looking in, it appears as if we are in a civil war. It isn’t a civil war with guns or bombs, but more of an ideological—(I don’t like this word; it has too much weight)—it is, in a way, a cold civil war. Sometimes it feels like large-scale violence could break out at any time. I was worried about the failed Trump assassination and what it might bring, but I was actually more worried about an actual assassination. It is my belief that large-scale violence would have broken out.
By The Exploration Narrativeabout a month ago in Journal
#1
Henry Howard the Chaplain Henry Howard was busy putting away books in the ship’s library. It was a duty he never loved, and merely inherited from his late friend Ian. Regardless, he treated it with respect not for the books because he really hated to read but for his friend. Over time it became a meditation for him. The smell of old books brought back images of nostalgia. He would often reminisce of the good times in his life. He would remember the weddings and holiday celebrations he lead as the ships only chaplain. But more recently, the smells wouldn’t just remind him about the celebrations but also the hardships.
By The Exploration Narrativeabout a month ago in Fiction