Corner Office Shaikh

Driven by curiosity’s sake.

  • Day 6- 70 Day Challenge- 5 Things I Do To Keep Myself Motivated

    What motivates you to keep up the regiment of healthy living?  I tell myself and validate the reality, but sometimes its just this funk I get into that seems like its not possible, or worse, that the end goal is not likely to occur. This past week I didn’t live up to my physical hour… Read more

  • Day 5- 70 Day Challenge- Counting Calories?

    Checking in for Day 5 on my 70 Day Challenge– hold me accountable at youtube, pinterest, and twitter. I totally didn’t go to the gym yesterday, felt lazy and a bit out of it, though it was not an excuse.  I should have gone.  I can only make up for it by making sure I go today. Like… Read more

  • Day 4- 70 Day Challenge- Inspired By

    Checking in for Day 4 on my 70 Day Challenge– hold me accountable at youtube, pinterest, and twitter. Today I am feeling a bit meek- its raining and I feel I slept way to much.  I want to go work out but at the same time I sort of feel like just being lazy.  It doesn’t help that I am… Read more

  • Day 3- 70 Day Challenge- You Are What You Eat

    Checking in for Day 3 on my 70 Day Challenge– hold me accountable at youtube, pinterest, and twitter. I am really tired and didn’t get to go work out last night due to circumstances of my own making- procrastination+lawschool=epic-let-down. Well the video isn’t embedding, which sucks, but go watch this ABC News special segment. A lifestyle change is not… Read more

  • Day 2- 70 Day Challenge- Get Up Off That ‘thaang!

    Checking in for Day 2 on my 70 Day Challenge– hold me accountable at youtube, pinterest, and twitter. Some thoughts to reflect on, especially if it pertains to you: The average American man’s waist size is a ponderous 38.8 inches, up from 37.5 in 1988, according to the journal Obesity Research. (David Zinczenko, The Abs Diet, Kindle Locations… Read more

  • Day 1- 70 Day Challenge- Realizing We Aren’t Meant For This

    This is my Day 1 check with everyone, hold me accountable at youtube, pinterest, and twitter. I haven’t come out and told the world publicly, so its a bit hard coming out to tell a whole bunch of anonymous folks some private information about myself, especially since I am identifiable, so vulnerable.  I was diagnosed… Read more

  • 70 Day Challenge

    I was looking up the Masi Girl Talk spiel to share with my mom, instead I noticed that there was a recommended video that stood out way more then Mrs. Masi- Chris Krueger, yeah sounds like the son of Freddie Krueger (but he’s not).  I am sure he got that a lot growing up.  Whatever,… Read more

  • The Arab Spring Between a Ballot and the Bullet

    Black History Month- a lens of analysis for the Arab Spring February is Black History Month here in the US.  Its an opportunity for Americans to give special attention to the contributions of Black Americans to our country.  You might wonder whats the purpose of it?  I will leave the answer for another post, here I want to… Read more

  • I Need Name Tags at Weddings

    It’s really bad folks, when you can’t remember people’s names at a wedding.  I can remember your face, I can remember the conversation we might have had, but if you asked me to tell you what your name was, I would look like a fool, if your name has not been etched into my memory.… Read more

  • Syria- You tell me to care, I remind you…

    BE WARNED: This post will inevitably anger people. Statistically speaking in eleven months the Assad regime has killed 545 Syrians a month (approximately).  The Syrian regime does not discriminate against who it is torturing and murdering.  Well established facts present- even to US viewers, surprisingly- the gruesome brutality of the Assad regime. Despicable.  Pathetic is… Read more