break·through | \ ˈbrāk-ˌthrü \ 3a: a sudden advance especially in knowledge or technique The Merriam-Webster Dictionary We all have obstacles between where we are, and where we need to be. Notice that I used need, as opposed to want. For the purposes of this discussion, I’m talking about our mental and emotional states. What we need in order to… Continue reading The Need To Break Through
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The Importance of Being Honest
Let me kick this off with some honesty: I still maintain standards for myself that are, at times, unrealistic or too exacting. When I expect myself to be flawless in my Magic gameplay, or further along in my personal goals than is realistic, I will still get incredibly frustrated with myself. It can shift those… Continue reading The Importance of Being Honest
500 Words on Happiness
HOLY SHIT IT’S A NEW BLOG POST I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much time I’ve lost, or has been stolen from me, because I’ve been unhappy. Unhappily married, unhappily employed, unhappily living. As human beings, nobody would choose to be unhappy, save for the willfully masochistic, and I’m not one of them.… Continue reading 500 Words on Happiness
A Pawn No Longer
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” — Denis Waitley I know this is a long post. Thank you for reading it in its entirety. Let’s begin at the beginning. I was diagnosed with Type II Bipolar Disorder 14 years ago at… Continue reading A Pawn No Longer
Ruins
When something comes up that causes involuntary reactions, that triggers us, we need to be able to step back from the incident and determine why it occurred. More often than not, something in our past imposes itself upon the present, and pushes us to act in defense of a perceived threat. I mentioned in a… Continue reading Ruins
'The Fix Is In'
This week I talk about one of my pet peeve turns of phrase. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I won’t reiterate my take on it here, because I already discussed it in the vlog (which you should totally go watch, plug plug). Instead, let me turn my attention to a very different one… Continue reading 'The Fix Is In'
