Here you’ll find my philosophical meanderings in the form of articles, essays, and occasional poetry. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

Lux et veritas

Journal Entries / personal freedom (10 Posts)

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The Time to Begin

25 October 2026 ~ 5 minute read

We don’t always begin when we think we should. Sometimes, the work needs to wait until we’ve lived a little more, learned a little more, and become someone better equipped to see it through. What looks like delay from one perspective may be necessary preparation from another.

Conditionality

The Rules Reality Never Gave Us

22 August 2026 ~ 4 minute read

How much of what we believe must happen before we can move forward was ever truly ours to begin with? We inherit assumptions, expectations, fears, priorities, and definitions of success, then quietly build conditions around them. When this, then that. When I have enough. When I’m ready. When circumstances change. When someone approves. Eventually, these conditions cease to look like conditions at all. They begin to look like identity.

They Own You

07 August 2025 ~ 4 minute read

There comes a moment — quiet, unmistakable — when you begin to sense that something isn’t yours. The thoughts, the fears, the definitions you’ve lived by. You can’t quite name it yet, but you feel it: the weight of an authority you’ve never truly consented to. This piece is a mirror held to that moment. Not to provoke outrage — but to call something deeper forward. Something you’ve always known.

The Impossible

29 July 2017 (rev. 10 November 2026) ~ < 1 minute read

Transcend the noise and the clichés, and you have a chance at the impossible. Real strength has nothing to do with power or control. Let go of the stories. Embrace love. Become what you once thought impossible.

The Language of the Poor

02 July 2017 (rev. 09 November 2026) ~ 3 minute read

The words we use carry inherited beliefs we rarely question. Ideas about money, worth, security, success, and possibility shape our internal dialogue, influencing how we see ourselves and what we believe we can achieve. Listen closely. Whose story are you repeating?

Urgency

24 June 2017 (rev. 08 November 2026) ~ 2 minute read

There comes a point when the passage of time becomes harder to ignore. We see it in those around us, in the things wearing down, and in the choices we’ve postponed. Urgency isn’t about doing more or moving faster. It’s about recognizing what matters and finally giving it our attention.