Take a hike

Last week, my friend and neighbor had me as a guest on his new podcast, I Took a Hike. The premise is what it seems: Darren conducts interviews on a hike. Even though I’ve recorded many podcasts, I found the format intriguing. I won’t ruin the episode, but I was amazed with what took place[…]

I just said yes

I guess you could say I am a creature of habit. Throughout my life, when I find a system that works for me, I lean in hard. In high school, for example, I wore nothing but horizontally striped Polo shirts and Abercrombie cargo shorts. In college, I graduated to Lacoste shirts and dropped the “cargo”[…]

A degree in happiness

Graduation season is here. To quote legendary Sob Rocker John Mayer, “Welcome to the real word she said to me. Condescendingly.” *cringes* According to the Education Data Initiative, 19.5% of college graduates will obtain a bachelor’s degree in business, which means a lot of business degrees. On Twitter, I’ve joked that there’s no better way[…]

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The Story of Robinhood

Over the weekend, I learned of a 20 year old who died from suicide after thinking he racked up a $730K+ debit on Robinhood, a free online stock trading platform that’s become exceedingly popular with young “traders” placing risky bets on highly volatile companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, it was later revealed that the[…]