Average. It’s a number that expresses the mean, or the sum of values in a set divided by the number of values. For our purposes, it might also stand for mediocre, not bad enough to do anything about, and not good enough to deserve any special…

I had a lot in common with William. Both of us were being raised by single moms, and both of us had siblings; my mom was raising four kids by herself, his mom was raising three. We both lived in the same apartment complex, mine being directly…

You weren’t born to be ordinary. You were just infected by other people’s beliefs about what it’s okay to settle for.

Your DNA is different. Your experiences are different. Your thoughts, wants, and desires are different. In many ways, we are all…