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I smoked a pack today. I smoked a pack yesterday. I smoked a pack every day. In those packs were my fears. Those packs also contained anxiety. Several of those packs were overflowing with depression. Yet, I still smoked a pack today. I don’t regret any of those packs. But I don’t look forward to smoking another one. I hope I don’t smoke another one. I really hope I don’t smoke another…

If I told any of you how I’ve been living for the last few years, you’d probably say something along the lines of — Dude… that’s sick… No, really, that’s, like, an actual sickness… What Does it Mean to be Mentally Ill? People love to dramatize the concept of mental illness, favoring tropes like Wednesday Adams in the new hit Netflix series or the most recent iteration of Mary Jane from…

How-to Evolve Your Identity

Your dreams may be holding you back. I’m not just talking about the dreams you have while in bed. Some dreams permeate every waking moment of a person’s life. Rather than drifting through the endless plains of imagination and thought that are representative of the “dream world”, our entire lives become overrun by a “passion” that is no longer under control. In the past, I admired people caught…

How-to Find Your Higher Power (The Hard Way)

High stress situations are hard to cope with if you don’t have the right tools at your disposal. Recently, I’ve been faced with one of the most difficult obstacles I’ve ever faced; drug and alcohol addiction. Many people look at addiction crises and assume they know what it’s like: “Oh, I can’t stop after just one beer” or “Yeah when I have one cigarette, I’ll just start chain smoking the whole…

How-to Kill The Monsters In Your Closet

Much like pain, pleasure, and sadness, fear is an unavoidable part of the typical human experience.

Yet some people treat their fears as if they are monsters hiding in their closets, waiting patiently for an opportunity to eat them alive.

While these monsters may seem like the most frightening things in your life, if you haven’t ever faced them, how could you know?

Insert random Will…

How-to Enjoy Your Day

The day doesn’t have to kick your ass, unless you allow it to.

The day also won’t be kind to you, unless you give it the opportunity. 

As the creator of your own thoughts, you have the ability to define your relationship with each day.

Taking control of how you feel about your day requires observing where you stand in each moment. To do this, you must be present. I don’t mean you must…

How-to Build Self Worth

Self worth is a hard thing to come by, especially when you have a history of neglect or abuse. Even without these negative experiences weighing you down, it can be difficult to develop a strong sense of self worth. This is likely because nobody teaches you how to do it.

If there was a guide to finding out just how valuable you really are, I’m sure it would sell out immediately. Actually,…

I'm always tired and I'm getting a bit fat, time to make a change.

Anyone who knows me, or follows my social media, will know that I am a long time insomniac and that I’m also constantly on the lookout for new ways to improve my personal development, both physically and mentally. Though unfortunately, I often don’t implement the most important changes immediately… One of my long time friends, Derek, recently came to me with some of his concerns, citing that he…

I'm proud to have a good friend that I've made here in Bangkok as the contributor.

This is effectively my first guest post on the Hustle How-to, and I’m proud to have a good friend that I’ve made here in Bangkok as the contributor. Toby Richardson is an Australian man who is currently an aspiring blogger and entrepreneur. We met in my early days as a digital nomad resident of Bangkok, Thailand, back when I had barely any idea of what I was doing. Well it turns out we had vastly…

How-to Strengthen Your Character By Traveling

Traveling abroad can be a life-changing opportunity for personal development, growth, and maturation of your identity. By casting away the conventional fears that would once have prevented me from moving abroad without a bullet-proof plan for success, I was able to strengthen my resolve and discover new heights for my ability to adapt to my surroundings. These developments have influenced me to…

This is the story of my life so far.

My life has hit many ups and downs as I’ve searched for a fulfilling path through life. Still, rather than taking punches like a bitch, I’ve recently started wrestling back control of my life. In this series, I will be making short posts that examine my life and provide background to my personal achievements, failures, and overall growth. This will serve as a method of therapy for myself, and a…

How-to Put Your Own Interests First

Life is a cycle of growth and exploration. During our lifetimes, we have an unending opportunity to shape our own reality, yet some people neglect this opportunity as they submit to the overbearing pressure of ideologies that they may not have expressly chosen to partake in. They are forced to assume a particular role due to external circumstances like cultural tradition or expectations from…

How-to Get Back On Track

It’s been a while. I can’t explain why I’ve been so negligent of The Hustle How-to. Maybe it is because I’ve been busy with work. Perhaps I’ve just gotten lazy. Honestly, I think that I’ve lost some critical aspect of my inspiration. If you have read much of my previous articles, you should have some understanding of the duress I was under during 2016, and contrastingly, 2017 has been far more…

How-to Write Damn Good Scripts and Sketches That Kill Your Audience

Earlier today one of my former coworkers came to me, asking for assistance in the process of writing scripts for short films and comedic skits. Though I have practiced writing in these formats in the past, I took this as a valuable opportunity to really dig deep and develop my knowledge of the topic. So we will be starting off with the basics of writing a script, primarily from the viewpoint of a…

How-to Sacrifice Familiarity For Valuable New Experiences—Updates Since Relocating To Thailand As A Digital Nomad

I’ve hinted (and outright announced) my plans for travel a handful of times over the past few months, but it was on March 12th, 2017 that I finally made the huge leap abroad, finding myself across the world from California in a small hotel in Thailand just one 12 hour bus trip, 19 hour flight and 30 minute taxi ride later. For more about why I’m in Thailand, check out this quick landing page for…

How-to Manage Your Stress By Building These 5 Simple Habits

The past few months have been rather uncomfortable, as I’ve been developing a freelance writing business from the ground up, sleeping on the floor of a room I share with a roommate, and preparing myself mentally for my next move, transitioning my current skillset into travel-based content. At some point, the bottom eyelid of my left eye developed a minor twitch, or blepharospasm, that is becoming…