Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
I went through a Law of Attraction bootcamp recently. Excellent way to re-attune yourself to the workings of your conscious and unconscious mind, especially with how they mingle with the world around us. Or, with a more jaded audience, instigate more hopeful nonsense that we actually make ourselves, and our lives, better, despite ourselves. Whichever one... Continue Reading →
I'm big on finishing things... at least when it comes to my writing projects... ...now ask me if I have anything finished... I've re-visited a story I started when I was about 15 over and over, constantly revising, tweaking, and stretching the story into less a purge of an adolescent mind, and more a coherent work... Continue Reading →
I've just stepped off a reading binge that's left me blissfully nostalgic. Turning jock in fifth grade could never get me away from the steady reading habit I picked up in kindergarten (thank you Mrs. Harwood). Through the years, I somehow lost this beautiful habit of jumping through portals, but every now and then, I remember the skill, and... Continue Reading →
I take too much time away. It's been... well, about months since I've posted anything, which simply lines up perfectly with my state of underachieving. Recently, I read a quote that went something like this:Accept who you are... if you're a jerk, accept that you're a jerk. Then let it go, and move on. So, I'm... Continue Reading →
It's what's on the inside that counts. Stop and smell the roses. Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind. All in good time. All talk and no action. That's soo cliché. cli·ché [klee-shey, kli-] noun a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or commonthought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox. (in art, literature, drama, etc.) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color,musical expression, etc. anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse. ...That doesn't make it untrue, right? Generative Thinking I... Continue Reading →
I live a schizophrenic life... As I try to become a "better" person through Law of Attraction books, meditation (just started so have yet to feel the impact), and other such positivity experiments, I'm pulled back to realism and cynicism by my significant other who blatantly rejects the idea of positive thinking. Then I scan... Continue Reading →
Gamer Soul After all the activity put into being better; into learning; into growing; into conquering my environment to carve the life I want, I still just want to play video games. Battles with myself about why I shouldn't play come and go. After months of forgetting about these electronic worlds, some random trigger will... Continue Reading →
I went to see a Hindu guru speak once, and everything he said translated in my head to: It's already inside you, just stop ignoring it. Information that is both frustratingly NOT-useful, and completely life-changing. Let's be honest- we'd rather not have it, than wait, or work, for it Living really should be simple, but how we should live is... Continue Reading →
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Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
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