Recent content by MadMonkè

what do you do with your time? not trying to grill you or anything. but everyone is different and requires different outlets... I know we all have some addictive behaviors that only cockblock us from doing something we really want. assess the situation but dont dwell on it either... just be...

Hello folks, I wasn't sure where to put this and I hope this thread would be appropriate. If not please close it. This book has proved invaluable to me whenever I feel lost... like I am these days, unable to sleep. But time and time again, I find new nuggets of inspiration and reminded of what...

HAHA Wow! thats a really cool story there, CS. thats exactly what I am talking about cross culture stuff... The general consensus is to wait to be ready. and of course thats what I believe in too.. I mean, I've always had my ideal future family image in my mind. That I would provide my kids...

Does this matter if it is a girl - guy friendship? I feel like interactions could be a bit different if it were a guy - guy friendship... also, how close you had been can also determine how far you want to go through with this. I've lost a lot of friends on my journey... they come and go... so...

I am a second generation Chinese immigrant. My parents came here when I was 3 and have worked hard to provide for the family since. I am 30 this year, and the few relationships that I had been in did not result in my continuation of the classic chinese family unit - husband and wife with kids...

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PIzza. always. Pizza

I can get that way too... its so easy to fall into that comfort zone! i get it. but thats all it is... a mental barrier. you will need to put in some effort to escape it... like planning, research, preparation - even if you cannot get anyone else to go - because they have their own lives and...

there is nobody else. the only person living your life is you. if it were anyone else's life, it wouldn't be your own. nice try

One day Johnny and his friend decided to go to the top of the mountain. "You can totally see Sarah's room from there" said Johnny sheepishly as he finished packing his backpack.

Kazaaaaaam. you open your eyes and you blue water, palm trees, and a thousand miles from civilization. a pristine paradise on earth and nobody can hear you scream... when it finds you.... T.T I wish that I had precise control of the weather of the world.

hmmm... I am not sure if I learned this idea from someone here... but I am sure I am parroting here... Love is not a noun, something you have or lose. Its a verb, something you do. you do love. if you start taking someone for granted, or always get into fights or bored etc.... just start...

yup overthinker nailed it. case closed? the lesson here is to monitor your own internal dialogue like in 3rd person. so you can catch yourself saying stupid honeysuckle to yourself. you will learn a great deal more about your own mind and reflect clearer im probably not helping much but im too tired...

Its not only painful for you to feel this way, but its painful for others to be around these feelings you have. you are a good person that needs an outlet for the goodness inside. whats that saying? control over others is power. control over yourself is freedom?

I thought girls found eye contact to be sexy. why dont you just gaze back into his gorgeous eyes and sink into his presence if only for a moment?