Sandeep Gourkanti

Women who date me have to know that their name may end up in my journal.

2013 was an important year for me, but 2014 is even more crucial.

According to No More Mr. Nice Guy, Dr. Robert A. Glover defines a Nice Guy as a man a woman calls her friend but doesn’t find him sexually attractive.

I decided that I was going to rationally measure pleasure, instead of seeing it as a good or bad thing.

12. You get to vandalize things. Actually, when I think about it, it is expected for the day’s festivities.

When I felt loneliness after graduating college, I was inspired to utilize the power of a love letter.

I waited fourteen years for this day. It was five o’clock on a Monday night when my friend and I sat in Logan Square admiring the water fountain in front of us.

When my alarm goes off, I open up the crumpled paper and fold it in half. At the top of the paper, I write down three simple questions.

Journaling is the only activity for me to concentrate on my own private thoughts. It has helped me be a conversationalist and voracious reader. It is an outlet that is powerful and liberating.

I’ve only scratched the surface.