Total Read Time: 6 Minutes “I thought they were another Buzzfeed quiz. You know? Those clickbait type quizzes to learn what kind of Pokémon you are?” Don’t touch See yourself in your Lover’s eyesPainted holy and still tacky Who am I then? A museum piecePreserved in a state of fallacyFor you’ll never again beWho youContinue reading “Love Language”
Category Archives: Philosophy of a Man
Validation Vagabonding
Total read time: 7 Minutes How are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you don’t want? Standing on the side of the street with an empty cupWon’t get you the change you preach of However, Cowboys a Stetson does make Impoverished by self esteemFueled by deafened courageBarracked behind the clicks and taps ofContinue reading “Validation Vagabonding”
6 Minute Lifestyle
Don’t do yourself the disservice of googling “6 Minute Abs.” Somehow it leaks into your instagram ads and the world knows you’re ready to fall victim to their bullshit. Instead, google 6 Minute Lifestyle to come to this post anytime you need to feel a little more earthly and grounded. :] Total Read Time: 6Continue reading “6 Minute Lifestyle”
Success is Nostalgia
Total Read Time: 7 Minutes I went for my first ”morning” run today (7am). It was my 5th run of 2020, and I’m getting faster at unlocking hidden tools to feeling good. The morning air was cold, like a strawberry you grab out of the fridge. Only the burst shock chill went through my neckContinue reading “Success is Nostalgia”
Self Sabotage is a Cop Out
Total Read Time: 6 Minutes It can feel like a moat sometimes. Filled with tears, bridge burned, and castle doors boarded shut. They say to let people in, but sometimes you’re on the outside yourself. You’re the only one who can swim across. It’s not like ruining your shoesSo you can’t run anymoreOr even ruiningContinue reading “Self Sabotage is a Cop Out”
Moments of Clarity: What Do You Want?
Total Read Time: 6 Minutes I’m working on shortening the down time. It takes weeks recently, but it’s been months before. I spend so much effort and time planning: writing down ideas, plotting out their fruition, mentally wrestling my own discipline to start wanting it enough to make something happen. That’s the secret, isn’t it?Continue reading “Moments of Clarity: What Do You Want?”
Leave Me Wanting More
Total Read Time: 4 Minutes What if you could control your desires and dangle them out in front of you, like a cartoon of someone chasing a hotdog 🌭 tied out in front of them on a fishing rod 🎣. What could you get yourself to do? I know desire by her absence As to sayContinue reading “Leave Me Wanting More”
Moons & Moods: My Equilibrium Theory
Total Read Time: 7 Minutes Over the past 3 days I have had the worst mood swings in months. The more people I talk to between work and home, the more I find consistencies in their emotional irregularities. Oxymoron, (consistent irregularities) I know, but mine were more than just environmentally related. I had to goContinue reading “Moons & Moods: My Equilibrium Theory”
I’m Writing about My Relationship with Alcohol
Total Read Time: 8 Minutes This post is about trauma. About Numbing myself. This is about choosing to give myself life instead of taking it away. I know it’s hard to read. Believe me, it’s harder to write. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. I do not advise anyone on changes to their health. PleaseContinue reading “I’m Writing about My Relationship with Alcohol”
Self Acceptance vs. Complacency
Total Read Time: 5 Minutes I recently heard Tim Ferris’s interview of Brene Brown (Episode #409 – The Tim Ferriss Show) where they discussed relationships. As with most of his podcasts, Tim discussed ways of self betterment. He and Brene reach a topic that I in particular can relate and empathize with: the topic ofContinue reading “Self Acceptance vs. Complacency”
