Tommy Edman was a name I had only heard a few times in passing prior to this season, but he had a great first month of the season and his hot start has a good chance of continuing. — One of the surprises of the first month for me is Tommy Edman. Edman, the second basemen for the St. Louis Cardinals, had a very solid year last year. He even brought home a gold glove at the end of the year. His name, however, was largely overshadowed by the…

The strength of our decision-making heavily relies on our willingness to accept new information. — There is this problem in statistics called the Monty Hall Problem. The problem goes as follows: You are given 3 doors and told there is a prize behind one of them. You choose a door. Then, one of the doors you did not choose will open showing there is no…

I started playing poker at a very young age.

A good motto will remind you of what is truly important. — When asked, I think many people would say their lives are largely a result of their habits and routines. These routines not only lead them to complete similar actions each day, but they also lead them to have similar thoughts. This is what human bodies are good at. They pick…

Why I started writing and continue to come back to it. — July 23, 2018. That was the first article I published here on Medium. It was the first time I stepped out of my comfort zone and wrote something for the internet to see. …

For a long time, I thought mindfulness was trying to squeeze the most out of each experience. — It was somewhere around 5 years ago that I first became deeply interested in the power of mindfulness. I was midway through high school and my life was not where I wanted it to be. Somehow, I managed to stumble upon self-help articles and I discovered the process of meditation. …

Boundaries are a beautiful thing. — As a child, boundaries are the fences parents use to keep you under control. As a result, many kids learn to dream of a world without boundaries. …

Some people light up your life, others hold it together. — I firmly believe the people in our lives are as important as the ideas we hold, the actions we take, and the future we seek. Without the right people, it is easy for a life to flounder under the best of intentions. …

The power of simply being content. — Life is crazy! There is so much going on. I’ll be praising the happiness I feel in one moment and five minutes later, I’ll find myself sinking into a sad rut. Within an hour, I can easily go through three to four different emotions. …