Category: Introspection
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I want points for showing up today. Thank you.
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Today, I let someone else’s shitty energy seep into mine. Just a sprinkle. A dab. A smidgen, if you will. But it was just enough to trigger my self-doubt reflex. And I wondered “How do people make me feel like the bad guy so effortlessly?” How? How they pull it off? Or a better question:…
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Taken down early by a relentless headache. I could really use a good coma right now. Sorry, I mean nap. I could use a good nap
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Sometimes on LinkedIn, I look at Front End Web Developer job listings in Huntsville and surrounding areas. I pretend that I could pull off having a boss again if I really wanted.
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Our sight only allows us to see things within the world we’ve created in our minds In other words, experiences and interpretations shape perception. The older we get the harder we fight to protect those perceptions – think of how true the adage of old dog/new tricks. You can see the evidence in everything from…
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This morning, I thought about why we see less value in things given to us versus things we buy. Actually, I just thought about why I’m like that. I think the key is ownership. On my last trip to Alabama, my mom sent me off with a bag of yellow apples. I don’t remember what…
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Today, I needed to be reminded that I can’t rely on motivation. The power to get things done is in performing habits See on Pinterest
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I’m angry. Very, very angry. But I’m not violent. Today, I drove to South Carolina for a medical appointment that involved needles, lidocaine, epideral steroid, and a herniated vertibral disk. Don’t gasp. The steroid is a piece of cake in comparison to the radiofrequency ablation I used to get: 3 needles, 3 times as much…
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When one of the kids asks me to explain irony: When someone with Geico auto insurance has a claim, Geico sends an inspector to assess the damage and estimate the repair cost. These inspectors drive Geico branded white sedans Well, one Thursday morning in Georgia I saw one of those Geico branded sedans run a…
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This is a flashback to a FB post I made 16 Sep 2016 when I was active duty. I had been offered a more technical job in another unit. There were a lot of feels, but mostly relief. I was not happy being in charge of almost 20 other adults. In 2016, I wasn’t happy…
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I don’t have much to say except that it would be nice to have more time in the day In the military, I learned the value of time, but I seem to have resisted budgeting as well as I have money I recall calling time a currency waaay before that Timberlake movie I called time…