Vijoy, Author at The Skeleton Key | Magic Room Brand blog

There’s 2 Kinds of People In This World: You, and Not You

Which one are you? Imagine that you were able to come face-to-face – right now – with the 8-year-old version of yourself. Would

All you really need to do is one thing… My wife, Lesley, and I look at the calendar all the time. At least

It’s not what you think. I don’t know why but sometimes I name inanimate objects. Our barbecue grill is named Bernie. Our coffeemaker

The country. Not the town in Missouri. In 2015, I was approaching a milestone birthday in a year that was, well, being kind

BU Be you. Play the long game. I went to college in Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-90s. Most people know that Boston is

Lessons in differences, expectations, and how to order at Waffle House. Back in 1998, I started an acoustic guitar duo in St. Louis

I finally understood why he retired in 1993 and I needed to tell him. In 2015, my father passed away, I turned 40,

Hint: Willy Wonka knew it all along. “Oh, you can’t get out backwards. You gotta go forwards to go back. Better press on.”

There’s the rub. Hobbies are super fun. We all know that. They’re cathartic. They’re relaxing. They realign and tune you back into yourself.

An experiment in oversimplification (just to see what happens). When I left my office job almost two years ago, it was an adjustment