Tag: blogging
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“That’s your recruiting pitch?”
Most recruiters try to convince you. Chris Atriya is trying to convince Jon to walk away. The strange part? Jon can’t stop listening. 📖 The Unbound Realm – Chapter 1
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A zany and profane ad for my upcoming paperbacks for the Unbound Realm, soon available directly for purchase from King’s Entertainment
“Look at this nerd!” A gym-bro, predictably named Tanner, shoves me while I’m walking toward the squat rack. His gym-bro, buddy, a roofie-slinging Ivy league douche-bro named Sterling, snatches up my phone and starts clicking through my playlist. “What the fuck—this guy listens to Kpop DEMON HUNTERS??? Let’s ostracize him with disproportionate fury, and power…
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I expected advice.
A sales pitch. A reason to sign up. Instead, he listened. Really listened. And after everything I told him… After all the questions… He looked me straight in the eye and said: “Then don’t.” I wasn’t expecting that.
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Musings
Arguably, true abundance might be contentment–everything as is, without justification, categorization, or rationalization. Being in the present, in other words, and feeling the default wellbeing that comes with that state. On the other end of the spectrum, plenty of folks have had a glut of resources and time, and lived most of their lives in…
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“Looking for what?”
It should have been a simple question. But the way he asked it made me stop. Like he wasn’t asking why I walked into a recruiting center. Like he was asking what I’d been searching for my entire life. For the first time that day, I didn’t have an answer.
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On my creative process…
I have faith in the abundance of creativity; there’s always ideas out there, and even if they don’t realize in the exact fashion I desired or envisioned, I will benefit from working with them and fleshing them out. Maybe it’ll work out as I intended, maybe I’ll hone my skills, or maybe I’ll think of…
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I expected a recruiter.
Instead, I met Chris Atriya. There was something different about him. Not his uniform. Not his rank. The way he carried himself. Like he already knew something I didn’t. And for the first time all day… I was paying attention.
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I came looking for answers.
Instead, I found someone watching me. Not a recruiter chasing a quota. Not someone trying to sell me a future. Just a stranger standing quietly in a hallway. And somehow… I couldn’t stop looking back.
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A zany and profane ad for my upcoming paperbacks for the Unbound Realm, soon available directly for purchase from King’s Entertainment
What the strong-pube is happening, all you neglectful shower-shavers who don’t scrub up them bushies and leave a straggler hanging out on the tip of the shaft, the next time your significant other starts giving you a beej they pick it out but instead of just flicking it away they start flossing their teeth, hitting…
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I hadn’t found it yet
I thought maybe purpose was waiting behind one of those doors. Army. Air Force. Navy. The promises were different, but they all felt strangely familiar. Like I was searching for something I couldn’t quite name. And whatever it was… I hadn’t found it yet.