From a very early age, we are gently coaxed into being part of a system, and it's a system of success based on criteria written in a time long gone and irrelevant to the world we live in today. 

This pirate would like to talk to you for a moment about mental health. I've been noticing a lot of people reclaiming parts of their lives in the preservation of their mental health, and I'd like to tell you...I think that's fantastic. 

This pirate thinks there are two kinds of people in this world. I've done extensive research on this. 

Our reality is what we construct it to be. We build it. Whether it's concrete and steel, or salt and spray and wood and sails

Content is king, but it's the kind that wants to burn us all, and this pirate would love to know if there's a Kingslayer handy.

It's a tricky business, cutting people, but sometimes it has to be done.

This pirate is a midday pirate who's good after breakfast and wanes after dinner, and this pirate is here to tell you that this is a perfectly acceptable way to live your life.

Straight ahead is where the work is. Up and Down are only distractions.

Let me dissuade you of the idea that I didn't get anything out of the experience. I most certainly did. It kind of reminded me of being a cabin boy aboard a ship.

When you get right down to the bone, it's just a question of motivation, isn't it?