Much in line with my last post, I have been feeling quite dissatisfied lately. I wonder what life is supposed to be, and why I am so unhappy simply being content, living The American Dream. Is there nothing more? We’re we born to simply work our days away, constantly counting down until that next weekend finally arrives?

A gloomy outlook, I know. I have never been known to be much of an optimist, but think about it. What is life about, and what do you actually spend your life doing? Do you spend it doing the things you want to do? I would be willing to bet that for the average person, the answer to that question is no. Even if you love your job, given an option of going to work, or spending the day doing something else you enjoy, who would choose work?

Without sounding too emo, I am starting to wonder, why do I write this blog? Over the past four months, my traffic has not increased at all, I rarely get comments on posts, even from family and friends, and it basically just feels like I put my heart and soul into writing on topics which interest me, yet, no one else cares. So, why do I write then?

In my relatively short career, I have been what most people consider fairly successful.  I am not rich, I do not have a six-figure income, and I am not self-employed.  I am self-made though, and I do have a very fulfilling job which I am proud to do.  As such, I thought I might take [...]

A friend of mine recently wrote a blog post about conformity which has prompted me to do the same.  While his post is about conformity in web design, I would like to generalize it a bit more.
Conformity is much more than most people think it is.  It’s not just emo kids who all wear dark [...]