Author: K.R

• Make the damn choice!

  Habits aren’t a choice they are the shadows of choices.

  

• Sourdough, BJJ, Solutions Architecture, and Life

  What have sourdough, BJJ, a career in technology, and life got in common? Nothing… nothing other than understanding variables. Temperature and humility change how flour acts and how yeast matures.…

  

• Homesick

  No matter how long you are away from home you never really get used to being away. The irony is that when you’re back you will also miss what’s not…

  

• What sex should be

  Today we’re just taught about the physical action and not the emotional interaction. We’re also taught that it’s only for pleasure , or the pleasure of one. Nothing could be…

  

• I told myself to lie to me

  “Your mind has the tactical advantage” — David Goggins That mother fucker is right! As humans our reptile brain is wired to save our asses and our calories. I have…

  

• I had to fire myself…

  Getting laid off over Zoom changed everything. Here’s how I battled depression, self-doubt, and a brutal job market. What finally got me re-employed?

  

• Eid 2026

  A simplified explanation of what Eid is and where it shows up in the Quran.

  

• Patience

  It’s not easy being patient in the face of constant rejection, but I started looking at it as practice for the inevitable success to come.

  

• Schedules

  In a different place I’ve been posting one story a month about a single topic for the last 11 months. Next month will close out the year and all I…

  

• The price of ambition

  What has ambition cost you?