adetorrent; photography, lifestyle.

This year has come to an end. Before I go on, let me just take this opportunity to express my gratitude to whatever the mechanism is in existence that is responsible for the preservation of life. For indeed, I am incredibly grateful to be alive today. 2015 has not been a good year for so many, and, some people that were close to me have ceased to exist, but, I am pleased to be here. Reflecting on 2015 - what did I learn this year? Family is everything.  'Family' includes those very true friends too. Money is nothing. Well, I knew this before, but I was particularly reminded of it this year. Money is everything. In direct contradiction to the second point above, yes, but true. Long story. Life is short.  In light of the above, here are some of the tweaks I aim to make in 2016; Grow closer to family than ever before. Make more money than ever before. Care less about money than ever before. Take more photos of myself. Be more consistent with everything I ...

As I write this, I've been awake for over 32 hours. I arose in the wee hours of December the 31st, 2013, and have since been up, eyes wide open. One thing that happens when you don't sleep at night is the two days seem to roll into one. So as far as I'm concerned, 'yesterday' and today are the same day. When we sleep, our body has the opportunity to shut down as much as possible so it can carry out repairs. Apparently, something also happens in the brain to make our newly acquired memories more 'sturdy' (persistent). In essence, having not slept, I haven't given my brain the opportunity to make a longer lasting impression of the night's events in my 'mind'. Now, I don't drink (alcohol), so obviously I wasn't 'wasted' or 'smashed' or whatever else as everyone around me seemed to have been, but it may well be that my memories of the events of New Year's Eve 2013 quickly become as nonexistent as theirs. To quo...