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Snoop Dogg spent $630,000 on a digital home in the metaverse... 

It is no question that architecture and archaeology are universally different in many categories. Architecture, being the art of building or designing structures, isn’t quite a scientific study. Granted, some components to architecture do involve scientific approaches and mathematical thinking; however, the overall field isn’t necessarily a branch of science. On the other hand, archaeology qualifies as a form of science...

During the past four months, my co-host, Ella McFarland, and I worked zealously to put together a Kickstarter campaign for Highly Inspired Podcast. For those who aren’t already aware, Kickstarter is a leading crowdfunding website that startup businesses leverage for gaining support and funding projects. After doing a significant amount of research into what crowdfunding resources fit our needs, we concluded on launching our project on Kickstarter.

One of my all-time favorite games as a kid was Minecraft. If you were born in the late ’90s or early 2000s, there is a 99% chance that you either knew what it was, watched someone play it, or played the game yourself. Minecraft wasn’t the first-ever computer game to hit the market.

This week’s entry is simply some food for thought.

Next week, I will officially move into my first solo apartment. Yeah, yeah... I wish I had enough money saved to purchase a place instead of renting, but I’m not quite at that position in my life yet. So, this entry is an opportunity to shed light on some thought processes I’ve been experiencing as my days of living at home full-time are coming to a close.

In companies, large groups of people often tend to resist changes in their organization and maintain the status quo. Similarly, on a grand scale, let’s say an entire country perhaps - individuals tend to resist change due to wanting to hold onto the security that traditional approaches to life can bring.

You stretch, toss and turn, and attempt to arise out of bed, you emerge; what’s the first thing you do? Instantly grab hold of your phone and gaze at what’s new.

Everyone knows the story of The Princess and The Pea...

One thing in life that fills me with true satisfaction is being struck by an epiphany. For me, the feeling of having an epiphany is a most serendipitous moment of mental clarity. For others, epiphanies are bursts of joy, with dopamine or oxytocin rushes. I suppose everyone experiences them differently. When I gain new insight on a particular aspect of life or discover something that speaks to me uniquely, I come to the realization that I'm experiencing an epiphany. And at that moment, it feels that all wrongs have been righted, and a feeling of wholeness ensues. Thereafter, I become instantly devoted to the corresponding cause or passion ignited by that very moment...