Til We Overdose

It's crazy how working on something that is seemingly irrelevant to one of your problems can help so much.

In basketball, if your team is giving up too many fastbreak points, you would think that the way to limit those fastbreak points is to get back on defense faster. Get your players to commit to running back on defense and working hard.

However, the best way to limit fastbreak points starts before the opposition even gets the ball; it starts with the shots you select on offense. Get your players to take good, high percentage shots. The more shots your team makes, the more the other team has to take the ball out and work their way up the length of the court as opposed to a shortened court after a missed shot.

You can try as hard as you want to get your players to get back on defense. I'm not saying it's not a good thing to practice. But if you're doing that in hopes of limiting your opponent's fastbreak points, you're just going to tire your players out; instead, get them focused on the offensive end in order to bolster their defensive effort

Now What I Want Is Specific

When you're getting to know someone, it's important to ask them neutral questions. Asking biased questions that skew them towards a biased answer doesn't give you a sense of who they truly are.

If you're genuinely interested in finding out who someone is, you must tailor your conversation so that you take the role of an ignorant person who has no idea what they're about. The more you act like you know them, the more you'll affect the way the person acts in the conversation

Trippy

I swear the dopest gift you could give someone is simply getting them to open up about something & listening to them. Everyone has some things they're keeping to themselves. To be able to get them to open up and allow you into that world is often a much better gift than anything material you could get them

My Better Self

The people who say "Can't you see I'm sad enough? Stop making it worse!" are always the ones who have no problem doing the same exact thing to others. People are hypocritical, but you already knew that, you silly goose

Drowning From My Wrists

I want so badly to get into a fight like this one. Movies and music videos make them look so fun. The passion, the anger, the emotions all show just how much these people care about each other.

Hell, I would even settle for faking a fight like this in public with one of my best girl friends. Yelling, screaming, causing a fuckin scene. I'm pretty sure it'd end with her saying "fuck you you asshole! I faked every orgasm!" I wouldn't have any choice but to wear the "I eat ass" face

Barely Can Afford

High hopes for this. A lot of the basketball related "30 for 30" documentaries were great

Momentary Bliss

Your girlfriend should also be your best friend. The only decent excuse for not having this be the case is if you're not necessarily looking for a relationship so much as a mutual sex partner.

I don't look down on people whose relationships are with people who are basically only their fuck buddy because I think it's a classy way to go about being fuck buddies. But I think it's weird to brag about how your boo is your best friend when I think this should be the standard we should be working towards

Say Just What You Need

I've noticed that many of my friends who I'd describe as "very artistic" are rarely great with grammar and syntax. I wonder what the connection is. It can't be as simple as "they devote more time to art than they do to grammar and syntax."