Kevin's Nonfic Blog

The shoes I wear are an article of clothing that represents me. Not in the sense that it shows my personality or in some kind of visible representation, but in the way that the shoes I wear have a deeper meaning to me. Although it is quite an expensive way of representing myself, my sneaker collection holds a deeper meaning to me than just the shoes themselves (or the cost).    To start off with a little background of myself, I began reselling shoes as a side hustle a few years ago, and I quickly fell in love with the sneaker world. Previously, I had been secluded in a world where I would never see shoes that cost more than $100. As I took more interest in the sneaker industry, my eyes were opened to a world where people regularly spent up to $300 on a single pair of shoes! Recognizing the high demand, from that moment on I slowly began my sneaker reselling journey, working to grow my capital, and reinvesting 100% of the profits I made back into my business. I was fascina...

  A phrase I live by is “If it won’t matter in 5 years, don’t spend more than 5 minutes thinking about it”. The ideology behind it is simple enough: current decisions and thoughts that won’t matter in the long term simply aren’t that important. To me, it isn’t necessarily restricted to just five minutes and five years, but just the general idea that things that won’t matter in the long term shouldn’t be over-thought about. Oftentimes I see my friends and family stress out about things that are honestly quite trivial. Things like wondering if they should order a drink alongside their meal, whether or not they should go see a movie, or thinking about if they missed a question on a small homework assignment. Clearly, these are all things that won’t matter (or even be remembered) 5 years from that moment. In my eyes, these are examples of some things that should be given little to no thought about, because what’s the point of causing so much unnecessary indecision? By identifying small...