Knowing When
“Know when to give up, and when to keep forging on.” People used to always tell me, usually on the heels of some grievous defeat, that things will look up, that if I keep working hard the world would...
View ArticleDear Journal: Shutting Up
Dear Journal, Why haven’t I learned yet just to keep my mouth shut? Maybe that’s the real reason I’ve lost so many friends over the years. They just got tired of listening to me, probably. I mean, I’ve...
View ArticleThe View From the Bridge
I drove through Poland at a steady pace, keeping it at 35 mph because the police were out in full force today, no doubt trying to catch partiers reveling in the streets before the madness of fireworks...
View Article“Shared” Experience
“That which we call shared experience is never truly shared. We see the world through a lens constructed from individual prior knowledge, and therefore it colors even those times when we are not...
View ArticleReciprocity
It’s that time of year again, and I know you’ve got a list. Maybe you’re checking it twice trying to figure out who gets large gifts, who gets small gifts, who just gets cards, and who gets nothing at...
View ArticleWanting Nothing
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” — Sylvia Plath When I was a kid and my mother would ask me what I wanted for Christmas I...
View ArticleA Little Resolve: Part 2
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery On the first day of this year I wrote a treatise on why implementation is so much more important than resolution, especially when it...
View ArticleLearning to Expect
“I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.” ~Natalia Vodianova Cover your ass. Look out for number 1. Protect ya neck. All sayings for the...
View ArticleAn Exhilarating Fear
It’s late on another Tuesday night and I’m sure that one of these days I’ll get to bed at some sort of suitable time for someone rapidly approaching 40. But that night won’t be tonight. I’m too keyed...
View ArticleTo Be Needed
There have been very few times in my life when I truly felt like a part of something, like I was intrinsically involved in the inner workings of a cause, a movement, or even a group of people. I have...
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