by Phil Houseal | Oct 18, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Oct 18, 2023–You are not who you think you are. You are who everyone else thinks you are. Like every fictional character, Bart Simpson does not exist. He is simply the aggregation of traits thought up by a committee of writers and artists. They have produced 750+...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 13, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy, PR Tips
Oct 11, 2023–Anyone who writes does so in dread of editors. Rearrange my words that I have so expertly placed on paper? How dare you! However, I have come to realize that ruthless editing–in all aspects of life–is what makes it, if not more interesting, at least more...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 27, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Sept 27, 2023–While completing yet another task that you never seem stop needing to do, it struck me how little time we spend actually doing the task, versus preparing to do said task. If it were a pie chart, the part spent doing the task would be the size of the...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 13, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Sept 13, 2023–The world is a giant maze and we are all rats. I came to this conclusion while sitting in my car watching people navigate. We are very predictable in our behavior. Opening Doors People entering buildings with double doors do three things every time: 1)...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 6, 2023 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Sept 6, 2023–As is my wont, I was browsing through another yellow-paged, broken-spined, remaindered paperback–1,500 Literary References Everyone Should Know–when it became evident that, well, we don’t. Too many of us communicate via memes and giphys and LOLs. If I see...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 30, 2023 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Aug 30, 2023–More and more I am convinced the secret to life, longevity, health, growth, vibrancy, use of endless descriptive nouns… is simply this: Keep doing stuff. And not just menial stuff. Although you have to do that. Just as we are–again–purging clutter...
