Category: Essays

  • Accurate Maps, The Key To Connection

    Accurate Maps, The Key To Connection

    Real misunderstandings all come down to a simple, easy to understand concept. Hold on to your seats because I’m about to take you on a RIDE. We’ve got to lay out a lot of ground work so bare with me as I first illustrate and I promise it’ll be worth it. My whole life before…

  • Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Overcoming Resistance

    Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Overcoming Resistance

    Defining Resistance I think of resistance like a chill. Imagine with me the absence of heat. The wrong kind of stillness. The more resistance we have the more frozen we become. Frozen by our fears. By our judgements. By inaction. Here are some examples of what resistance looks like. I really want to apologise but…

  • Said Bouziane’s 2021 End of Year Review

    Said Bouziane’s 2021 End of Year Review

    Intention for Posting My 2021 Review I’m posting this in the hopes that it’ll inspire you to take action. There, I said it. I want to offer the same light I would have really appreciated in my own life. The encouragement to dare to dream, to go boldly and have courage. I want to show…

  • Said Bouziane’s 2020 End of Year Review

    Said Bouziane’s 2020 End of Year Review

    Firstly, gratitude As I write this I’m able to look up from my laptop at a beautiful view. Bright, sharp sunlight brings out a variety of rich greens across Kangaroo Point. The evil Telstra building stares down ominously with it’s insane array of coms dishes like Sauron’s Eye. And I’m lucky to be here. My…

  • THE TIME I DIDN’T KILL MYSELF

    THE TIME I DIDN’T KILL MYSELF

    SET AND SETTING I grew more distant and despondent as the new year approached. We wandered the cliffs overlooking a long glittering river. Exaggerated caricatures of ourselves only a group of drug addled boys at the cusp of manhood can achieve. Boisterous, arrogant and fragile. A heady mix. Nineteen year old me lagging further behind…