When I say the word addiction, what comes to mind? Drinking? Drugs? Gambling? Sex? Growing up in church I often heard people tell stories of how God helped them overcome their addictions, which, in the late 80s and early 90s, was drinking and “drugs” without being specific. These were the … [Read more...]
How to Handle Those Terrible Days
I love having the flu, but when I say this I don’t actively seek it out. I don’t find sick people and try to lick their faces. I’ve been called a dog, but that’s not why. And like a normal person, when I first realize I have the flu (aka screaming at the toilet), I’m miserable and hate how … [Read more...]
Do you wish your parents were proud of you?
I had an important realization this week. One of those moments where it was like “Man, I’m an idiot! How didn’t I see this before? It’s so obvious... now.” For most of my self-aware life a constant theme has been wanting to make my parents proud of me, especially my dad. This desire became even … [Read more...]
A Tip for being Happier
People often say that happiness is different for everyone, but that’s actually misguided... misguided being a nice way of saying “Ehn, you’re wrong.” People enjoy doing different things. Like in January I was working on my book and it was the best month I’ve had in a long time. I felt alive and … [Read more...]
2 Truths Missed About Weed/Pot/Marijuana/Stinky Stick
One of the dumbest arguments for weed is that it smells good. Weed is sometimes called skunk because it smells... like a skunk, the disgusting scented animal people avoid because it smells so... disgusting; emphasis on disgusting. And people like this smell? I’ve never driven by a dead skunk and … [Read more...]
Questions You Should Ask When You Date
Dating is exciting, buuutttttttttt it can really suck. I’d even argue it gets suckier as you get older because us older folk get more set in our ways, we collect baggage and responsibilities (sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between them), and it becomes harder to find things to do … [Read more...]
Should I Break Up? Change Jobs? Change Churches?
‘Should I break up?’ is not normally a fun question to ask, but it’s something that everyone who’s dated has asked or will ask at some point. The only exception are people who enjoy relationship rough patches: (messed up person) “I’ve never wondered if we should break up because we’re soul mates, … [Read more...]
Tip to Reduce Anxiety in Your Partner, Parent, Boss, etc.
When I was a youth pastor I used to run weekend retreats, which were a ton of fun... at least afterwards I would look back on them as being fun (I think a lot of parents can feel the same about family trips). When I first started doing them, it was pretty overwhelming. Any event planner … [Read more...]
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