On an episode of the Tim Ferriss Show, one of his guests, Ramit Sethi, talked about prenuptial agreements, or prenups, which are contracts signed before people get married that dictate rights to property and what happens after there is a divorce. They were both in favor of them. It was interesting. I don’t mean that…More
Category Archives: Love
In NYC, spring is in the air
The smells of New York City are usually the butt of a joke (which is often associated with the smell of a butt). But in the spring, there is something sweet in the air. It’s surprising.More
What the crosswalk lady said unsettled me
On our way home from school, a stream of neighborhood children cross at an intersection where a woman with a rich Latin-American accent greets every child by name as she helps them across the street every day. Dulce’s our crosswalk lady.More
Growing up Asian in a Non-Asian town
Most people think I’m white. But I don’t look white.More
Reflections from a Friday night in the East Village
It was a cold, wet night, in the East Village. And I was rushing to my destination.More
Do this to become the person you want to be
We become like the people with whom we surround ourselves. We are social creatures and can be influenced. We are more easily influenced than we think. I am. Who do you want to be? Do you have dreams? Aspire to something greater? You can achieve it.More
A story: Our baby was born at home, and we were alone
My wife was in our bathtub laboring. I was beside her doing my best to help. Our baby was crowning, and no one was there to help. We were two new parents having a baby in our condo, on our own. True story.More
On the streets of NYC: my son, a homeless-man and me
I struggle with how to engage homeless people. That becomes even more complicated with my son. But, here’s a short meditation of an engagement we had with a man while my son and walking in our neighborhood.More
Want to make a better first impression? Do this.
This morning I had a meeting at 9:05 AM. That wasn’t the problem.More
Why I wanted to leave my marriage but didn’t
The first few years of our marriage were terrible.More