With values soaring to the moon, card collectors are starting to get violent — In December 2020, a rare Charizard Pokémon card sold for $360,000. Early in 2021, a Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $215,000. Weeks later, the same card sold for $738,000. During the pandemic last year, with people locked inside and looking for something to flip the mood, quarantiners turned to…

Don’t get caught up in FIRE — enjoy work, and life, now! — I had a conversation with my parents the other day that kind of depressed me. A friend of my mom’s suggested that my brother, who is currently a crew chief in the Air Force, should look to carry that experience into civilian life — continuing to work with airplanes. I…

They are only so productive because they are insane — Do you have a side hustle? It’s hard not to in this day and age. I just recently started a new job and have held onto my freelance writing gig while also writing here on Medium. I’ve also published a couple of books and am in the process of writing…

A traditional job just doesn’t compare — In February, I took a professional leap; I left my freelance writing job to become the tour manager for a band. It was crazy. I had no experience in music or management. I was unqualified and had to burst out of my bubble to take on the opportunity. I’m now…

Sometimes, thinking just becomes a drag — “If I ever get around to living, it’s going to be just like I dreamed…” Music is special and lasting because it serves you. It’s sometimes the only thing you have to carry you through to the next stage in life. It helps you get through death. It helps you…

The guy I couldn’t stand has now become the guy I can’t stop reading — A few months ago, I read a piece by Jared A. Brock that really pissed me off. The article was detailing the horrors that investors support by parking their money with companies that destroy society and the planet as a whole. It bothered me because I knew he was right. …

An easier pathway to money is also an easier pathway to being forgotten — Folks, I can’t tell you how much I love reading people that tell me how to become a more successful writer. I would like to become a successful writer. That’s why I have digested so much of this content over the past few years. But I’m over it. I have…

Take-Two’s acquisition of Zynga is a signal of what’s to come — Take-Two Interactive’s $12.7 billion deal to acquire mobile game company Zynga says one thing: gaming companies are finally ready to up their spending game in search of more eyeballs. Acquisitions and mergers in this space are nothing new. Electronic Arts (EA) spent over $3 billion to acquire smaller studios in…

Many solutions create new problems — One thing has been made clear during the past two presidential campaigns: Democrats really want to make free college happen. They also want to eliminate student debt. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were the loudest proponents while President Joe Biden brought his plan for free community college to the…