The Universe of Joshua Blais
The Universe of Joshua Blais
Joshua Blais
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Let it be known that forever forward on this timeline, I AM reborn in the image of Christ. I AM reborn in the image of the one True God. I AM Joshua. Held in the highest regard of what I AM. A reverence of self and all. I have found...
If you know me, you know that I refuse to gossip. It is something that about ten years ago was one of the things that I decided did not have a place in my life anymore. I felt that if I was talking about other people, I was wasting...
Here’s a crazy productivity hack for you: When you are working, listen to music that you used to play video games to as a kid. You will automatically be immersed in the work to the nth degree. For me, this is a few select video games...
If you’ve played video games before you know about render distance: where your character is in one part of the world, but in order to save on compute, the rest of the world is not rendered, it may be in shadow, in fog, or whatever the...
This is going to sound so simple that most of you will discount it entirely: I only allow myself to drink coffee when I am at my desk or in front of a keyboard doing creative, needle moving work. Crazy, I know. But the thing is that the...
All Change is Immediate. It comes with a decision. The heroin addict doesn’t ‘gradually change’ - he ceases his use of heroin in an instant. The business owner does not go from failure to success over time, it is in an instant decision...
There is thinking Then there is believing Then there is KNOWING There are levels to intelligence and the highest state is to be knowing of something. To have unquestioning resolve in that thought, taking it first from a thought, to...
The peace that you have been looking for is found in the here and Now. Everything that you have ever lived and done, seen, worked for and lost has led you to being here right here and now. How beautiful. If you understand this, you will...
After over a month off, I am back at it. I had a lot of life events over the month, namely the birth of my daughter and subsequent stay in the NICU as she got stronger and ready to come home. She is doing phenomenally well and keeping us...
Strip down all of the things that you own, the brand names you associate with, the car you drive, the clothes you wear. Remove the music that you listen to, the movies that you watch, and the sports teams that you follow. Take away your...
For one week, I want you to give up all forms of consumption. No podcasts, no books, no movies, no television shows, no social media, no music. Does that sound like hell to you? That’s because you are not okay with being bored. You are...
Do you show respect to those that you are meeting with? Are you the last one to arrive? Always showing up “fashionably late”? Or are you there before everyone else, preparing for the meeting, or getting work done while everyone slowly...
There are 3 reasons you are anxious all the time:# 1. Desynchronisity with nature Most human beings are living completely apart from what nature has intended for us. They do not move, they eat garbage, they don’t sleep well, they are...
Here’s why I wear a ’broken’ watch. This watch is right two times per day and In the spirit of the date that that watch symbolizes, I figured I would do a quick piece on why I wear it. The time on the watch reads 9<43>, the date being...
Introduction# We are going to be setting up a Bastion Host (or colloquially a ‘Jumpbox’) for our cloud infrastructure. This should be the entry point for all future server, database, and load balancing systems. The purpose of Bastion...