A few months ago, I wrote an article for the Life Teen blog called “Curbing a Social Media Addiction.” Where I listed seven steps for teenagers to handle social media addiction or just a phone addiction in general. I didn’t mention this in the article, but I based it off the 12 Steps in Alcoholics Anonymous. The first step in AA is to admit that you have a problem. More…
Today, I took a walk by myself. It wasn’t very quick, it was just to get the mail, but I deliberately turned off my phone and said to myself, “Self, we’re going to solve that problem we’ve been thinking about.” The problem isn’t important to the story. What’s important is that during my walk, I was able to solve that problem. I used a technique I learned in Deep Work…
A few days ago, a blogger I follow, Jon Acuff, posted “The Life Changing Power of Pants.” Jon worked from home before all this, so he shares some tips. The number one tip to working from home? Pants. For the past few weeks, a lot of us have had to work from home and we’re missing some of the usual routines that tell our brains that it’s time to be…
The word “synthesizer” has been bouncing around my head lately. My friend Daniel loves synthesizers. At least he did in high school, I’m not so sure anymore. The musical instrument is a kind of organ, named that way because when it plays a note, it “synthesizes” (brings together) harmonies, making something entirely new. What I try to do with my podcast, used to do in academic writing, and hope to…
“Don’t date until you’re ready for marriage.” Every Chastity Speaker I have been dating an awesome girl, Phoebe, for about a year-and-a-half now. My relationship with her has brought me closer to God and made me a more virtuous man. If these past few months have taught me anything, it is this: I was NOT ready for marriage when I met Phoebe. I’m Not Ready for Marriage Oh my goodness,…
Alright, I’m gonna talk about sex for a minute here. Over the past few years, I’ve heard about a drop in young people having premarital sex. I first heard about this in the context of pornography, which has been shown to damage sex drive. But over the past few days, I’ve seen a few tweets linking the drop in premarital sex to female empowerment. The Economist tweeted an article blaming…
I occasionally get obsessed with self-help books. Not the hippy new-age stuff, but the Steven Covey efficiency/leadership books. The funny thing is, I used to HATE these books when I was in college, but I find myself getting into them now. They present me with an attractive image of who I could be. I think this is why they do so well. We all want to be a super-activated person…
