The truth is, this post is a total cop out. I have about 10 half-written gems just waiting to be completed but I just can't concentrate or focus on any single idea this week so far. Hopefully, I will be able to clear some of my brain clutter and get back on track shortly. In …
Tag: advice
The Best Advice I Ever Heard
There are definitely times I have struggled over the last year to keep writing. I am consistently plagued by voices in my head saying that I'm not contributing to society as I said I wanted to, or that there are so many people already writing more eloquently about autism, or simply that blogging is so …
Why I Started Writing
I began this blog nearly a year ago. I recall thinking that it could be a place for me to sort out my feelings about all that has been going on in the world for the last 4 years during the now-prior American presidential administration. Of course it was the pandemic that was the last …
Shorts #2 – Theories of Change
Change is hard, but always doings things the same way means you haven't learned a way to do it better. Fear of change in your own life can not only diminish your quality of life over time, but also contribute to wider stagnation in your family, community and society. Resistance to change is ultimately about …
This Tragic Week
This has been a really difficult week. My emotions are all over the place, mostly negative, ranging from sadness to anger to rage to despair at what we are being forced to endure by others' incompetence (COVID) and the willful manipulation of people's psyches (QAnon/domestic terrorism). At work Friday, I tasked myself with writing an …
Screw Mindfulness
Mindfulness = the program through which the established societal consensus convinces laypeople that the discomfort they are feeling is internally caused, and can be solved by focusing more on internal resolve than fighting for real righteous change that threatens the power structure. Mindfulness is all the rage these days, can't stop hearing about it. Everyone …
2020, Buh Bye
Nothing much to say that hasn't been said. 2020 was rough. People much older than I am have all said this was the worst year of their lives. I'm certain they're right. 2020 was the year that felt like a decade. And despite it technically being over, 2021 is upon us, it doesn't actually feel …
Web of Humanity – Epilogue
We get to decide what our cultural values are and who best represents them. We do this through politics, arts, movies, activism, etc. We decide who gets to be put on a pedestal. And when we worship money, treating rich people as though they are inherently better or smarter than the rest of us, we …
The Web of Humanity
Here it is, 2am again, and my mind is racing. I got a text from a friend last night which led to an hour long "catching up" conversation. I think I pretty much dominated the talk time; fortunately for me, this friend is a great listener who I trust would tell me to STFU if …
Giving Thanks
This Thursday is the day in the US that we give thanks for all the blessings we can think of. And gather with friends and family and eat a ton of decadent food. Many of the normal holiday festivities will be hampered this year as we have been forced to modify our plans for COVID-19. …
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