The night air was crisp with a faint crackling like someone was ripping a head of lettuce behind a closed kitchen door. I often walk these streets morning, afternoon, night because I need a breather. Sometimes my thoughts take on a path of their own. Continue reading Thoughts from the Streets of Querétaro
Learnings from a consultation with a sport psychologist to the pros. Continue reading Inside Look: What I Learned from a Mindset Consultation with a Sport Psychologist to the Pros
I didn’t realize how much baggage you could pack into a carry-on.
Three pairs of shoes, four pairs of pants, some shorts, enough underwear and shirts for a week. And all that shit about past breakups, of the romantic and business kind. I’m glad they didn’t make me weigh the bag. Continue reading The Baggage We Carry
I met a guy. He climbs for his daughter. He’s an immigrant and has to leave the country in a month. His two years are up but his daughter will stay. A home divided. For years he scrapped to come to America from the place where Europe and Asia meet–or separate, depending on your perspective. … Continue reading Enter the Void
Suffering is our relationship to pain. It’s meaning making. We can choose to relate to the pain with purpose, even find enjoyment in it, or let it become misery. Continue reading We Seek Suffering (Suffering is Optional)
I started to feel anxious in Lviv. The month-long stay was coming to an end and I didn’t know much more about the city than when I arrived. The only “museum” I visited was the masochism-themed bar, Masoch, eponymously named for Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the 1800s Lviv author and sexual submissive (obviously). There … Continue reading The Delta Between Expectations and Reality: Anxiety in Lviv
Aaron Gerry 