Rafael Marquez Online

My favorite local salsa music band is Salsa Del Rio. They play the first Friday of the month at the student union on the Texas State University campus. The place is called George’s and it’s in the basement of the student union building. They usually only play during the school year, since the band is part of a school class, but sometimes you can find them playing some other gigs around town.  One of the neat things about the band [...]

If there’s one thing that I know, it’s that reaching goals is not easy. It’s hard to both pick a worthwhile goal, and then it’s also hard to reach the goal, specially when the goal seems insurmountable. Here’s a secret to accomplishing your goal: break the goal down into smaller chunks. Break it down into the smaller component steps. If your goal is to run 100 miles, you know you need to run 1 mile, 100 times. The point is, [...]