While working on another project, I found a blog from 4 months after my daughter was born.

All it takes is a momentary decision to not pursue vengeance, and you may unknowingly win back years of your life that have yet to unfold. You may gain back sleep, health, wealth, and general fortitude.

As a parent myself, I understand that the last thing a parent will ever really do is admit that they truly were a bad parent. I think this is because that’s probably the most important role you could hold, and you failed, and you can’t really redo it. You absolutely should blame your parents for the trauma, lack of life skills, and other similar key equipment you’re supposed to get in childhood but didn’t get.

We are so back.

To support and help others is the only purpose for our lives; we must take it seriously and help others not drown in their own ocean of overthinking and doubt. Remind them of all the good things they really are, even if it seems obvious.

For some, they need to do the basic inner work just to care about having a definable creed. So many people just live hopping from one dopamine high to the other, and never really get jostled awake.

To feel, is to be seen at times. Your mindset and circumstances can become a display in a glass case—the CRT TVs in the old shop windows that people always seem to stop & watch in films.

Once you understand the depths of psychology and philosophy, the scenarios you’ll find yourself in will truly become more interesting than wounding. You’ll understand that the people who lash out are doing so because of their deep wounds and inadequacy for themselves. You’ll also begin to pity them, as they are like a toddler screaming in the grocery cart in terms of emotional maturity.

“The website Reflect & Reason offers motivational reflections, focusing on quotes from historical figures and their deeper meanings. The site explores themes like perseverance, belief, and self-mastery, encouraging readers to draw inspiration from the wisdom of the past. The author uses these quotes as a foundation for personal development, emphasizing the importance of resilience and continuous growth. It's designed to inspire introspection and foster a mindset of improvement.”

Happiness is not a destination, nor is happiness a real thing. We present the concept of happiness as an absence of problems, but that does not exist for a human being. There are always problems, however small or large.

Lately, I’ve been contemplating the concepts of chaos and order in our society, and how those two sides of the coin work with our psychology. This excerpt from Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life really begins to provide some clarity on how we react to daily life, and why I think we are more anxious and stressed than ever.

“To Begin, Begin.” William Wordsworth. Right now, you are probably running at 51% capacity. Tomorrow, you need to start.

Remember last post when I said I wouldn’t use a pretentious origin story with some Latin word at the beginning? Throw that out the window. Now. This one is very dear to me and changed my everyday life.

You need to have one hobby, one focus, one daily practice that brings you joy. You need to have that one constant in your life that always brings recurring child-like mirth to your life.

Many of our world’s greatest pieces of art, literature, innovation and creation et al came about because of one cataclysmic event of one’s heart: an emotional fracture, commonly referred to as a heart break. From here on out, I’m going to refer to it as “the heartbreak,” because it is such an imperative moment in one’s life. True heartbreak is the strongest catalyst for intrapersonal change that anyone will ever experience.

This is a simple announcement that I now have a computer with which I can finally do writing… the previous posts were created using an iPad. I’m looking forward to weekly entries.

I was 11 when I first experienced the adventures on paper written by J.R.R. Tolkien. I hope this is a household name for you, though it was locked away under the premise of nerd culture for most of its life. But now, being a nerd is cool, as mediums such as Stranger Things has brought it to the forefront. It is amazing to me how your average Starbucks addict now has Dungeons & Dragons in their vocabulary.

Once upon a time, I wrote paragraph upon paragraph. After entering the real world and seeing where my efforts could take me in a monetary sense, I stopped pursuing paragraph after paragraph. One could say this was the death of a passion.