“Doing a solid” was a national catchphrase that went, thankfully, as quickly as it came. Middle America likes to adopt specific phrases and gestures and latch onto them as if they make the walking cliche’ using the fad in public unique in some way, or suddenly “cool” even though it’s been used already millions of……
Category: Personal
Thoughts, events and news about me. Probably the least-used category, hopefully.
Learn When to Take Advice
Life Lesson…what number are we on? Another valuable life lesson I’ve learned the hard way is when to take guidance from someone. And just as relevant, if not more so, is WHOM to take advice from. In light of this post being about when to take advice and from whom, I thought a post-script prologue was due since……
Oh The Places You’ll Go!
It’s time to talk about the places I’ve lived because I’ve moved around a lot. I’ve lived in a lot of places, in different states and stayed for a long time in a lot of places people don’t typically get to go. Most of them are places people dream of living in. So in……
Stay Positive
Some Ways to Stay Positive Staying positive is something that seems obvious to be happy, but it’s hard for some people to do. Harder for some than others, and I believe that’s because of constantly training ourselves to either think positively, which is hard and must be consciously done sometimes or think negatively. Thinking negatively……
Gratitude and Humility
Some thoughts on humility and gratitude, which are necessary to be happy.
How Humans Cope with Stress
How my body is reacting to stress.
When You’re Out of Answers
I’ve come to a point in life where I’m truly between a rock and a hard place. My whole life I’ve been able to come up with solutions to some complex problems, but I find myself suddenly stuck with no way out. I have no one to turn to, no safety net and no one……
Perceptions
People’s perceptions are amazing things. They can be extremely strong motivators. They fascinate me not only from a human behavior standpoint but because they matter so much in life. Not necessarily to me, mind you, but in life they do. Perceptions are what mainly help us form opinions and cast judgment about situations and other……
Always Take The High Road
Life Lesson Five Take The High Road. You’ll thank yourself later. People will eventually and more and more often, find themselves in situations where emotions and stakes are high and you’re in a position to do two things. Continue to engage with your adversary as they try to drag you down the low road into……
Police are Good
Life Lesson One Police are good. I’m starting things off in no particular order, but this first being a lesson I found myself teaching Cecelia the other day when playing Legos. We have no lack of legos and Lego people around here, and we enact play situations by building buildings, restaurants, hospitals, playgrounds, or whatever……