The future. I think about the future a lot. Like every day, multiple times a day.Not just because I'm an overthinker, but also because the future was something that was fun to daydream about. When I was a kid, like many kids typically do, I had a huge imagination. And I would love to think about all the possible ways my future would look like when I grew up.author, lawyer, actress, musician, engineer, scientist. The future was limitless and so was my mind. So, who's to say I couldn't juggle five full-time j ...

CLOSE your eyes and step into 2036 with me. In one version, 2036 is filled with sunshine, and buildings are powered solely by renewable energy. The streets are lined not only by street lamps, but also trees.As society has realized that nature isn't merely decoration, but it's survival. Cars glide down these streets with ease and perhaps can even fly at this point with less accidents happening each and every year. Pollution, it's not something needed to be worried about. It's instead taught in history class, ...

Allow me to tell you a story that keeps future me up at night. Give it some time and the future might start to work in reverse by getting this speaker on stage myself. Some sleepless nights.And that's because the story I'm about to share with you guys isn't just a story. And it won't make sense when I say this now, but I need you to remember the story or a story isn't just one story. Now, let's pay very close attention to your character.Clock chose 9:00 in the morning. Your character is someone that you sho ...

Have you ever felt like everyone else seems to know what they're doing except you? Like everyone else is walking forward with such confidence while you are trying to figure out where that forward event is. Growing up is advertised like it's supposed to make sense. The dolls describe it like a clean progression. You gain experience, you get wiser, and things start falling into place. That's the version they tell us. However, with that logic, I should be filing my own tax by now. The version we actually live ...

What will the future look like in 10 years? It's a big question, a heavy question, one that can be talked about in many different ways. It's one that I decided to think about by first thinking about what the world looked like 10 years ago. So, when I picture 2016, I think of a seven-year-old me living in a world that was much simpler than this one is today. I'm not going to lie to you and say I have a whole bunch of memories because I don't. I was only seven. So, my biggest decisions were things like, "How ...

The year is 2036. You roll out of bed and look outside. The sky is still gray through creaking blinds and foggy windows.You warm up leftovers as you listen to people on the news talk about things you have no part of. You're alone. There's this clock on the wall moving silently as the minutes pass.And on your desk, a calendar with red X's that crossed out the days of the past 10 years. The days that flew by like they were nothing because life was stripped down to a blur. And what did you do about it.You see, ...

As a kid, my favorite thing to do was to solve word searches. It's not your typical 8-year-old hobby, I know, but I liked it anyways. You know, I'd sit cross-legged on the floor of my room. I'd have a book and a pencil in my hands, and I'd just sit there for hours searching for meaning amidst the chaos of letters.It was amazing. I loved it. But then one day, my room was a mess and of course I was lazy.So I decided to spend my time in the living room instead. I mean, no harm in that, right. Yeah, apparently ...

All right, we're going to start today talking about a behavior that's very common in our world. Now, the term is social media creeping. Now, this usually starts to happen, this behavior when a friend, an acquaintance, a parent, or even a stranger refers us a business or a person, someone they think that maybe we would be good friends with.We should go out and have a c a coffee at this cafe or maybe we should go on a date with these this person. And the first thing that we do is pull out our phones. We're op ...

What is the meaning of the American dream. Webster dictionary defines it as a life categorized by material wealth and success. Now in current time chat GPT says a life marked by hard work anyone could achieve the American dream through prosperity and success.Now I want to share my own personal story with you of the American dream. Standing here as I'm looking at my parents, I remembered I could vividly remember 1989 before my dad immigrated to this distant country. We were in the sleeping area of his grocer ...

Good evening. >> What if we could put our local food pantries out of business? >> Yes. >> This sounds radical, even a little uncomfortable, but stay with me here. What if these spaces instead of being a repository for overprocessed and commoditized foods became the heartbeat of our communities? What if they were places where food was gathered, preserved, and shared? Where local farmers could convert their fresh produce into items that would sustain them through the winter? What if community came together no ...