Today marks 1,000 days since I surrendered to my fight with alcohol. in these last 24,000 hours of sobriety I have learned a few things. It was the inevitable outcome of sitting with my feelings for 1,440,000 minutes (86,4000,000 seconds). Perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned through all of this – I can be […]
It’s almost been a year since I last wrote here. A lot has happened. There’s too much to mention, but here are the highlights: Ashley and I bought a house to renovate. Ashley and I bought a dog. Ashley and I got engaged. Ashley got pregnant. Ashley sold her old place. I gained a ton […]
There’s been a ton of things going on in life lately. I can’t say everything going on, but suffice to say – it’s plenty. The Challenge I have issues with feeling overwhelmed. I have issues with not feeling good enough. I have issues with abandonment. So, lately, I’ve had a good amount of testing on […]
I’ve been lost I’ve spent a lot of my life putting a lot of value into the opinions of others. More precisely, I’ve put a lot of value into what my significant other thinks about me. That hasn’t been a recipe for success for me. That pattern has devalued the pursuits in my life that […]
Some recent events have forced me to really evaluate what motivates me. I’ve talked before about Fear and Insecurity, and at the time I thought I had a better handle on it. However, I’ve had to deal with some harsh realities lately, that are the result of my own actions. I was asked a pretty […]
Yesterday, the world lost one of the best performers/comedians I’ve ever seen: Robin Williams. His death, apparently by suicide, seems also tragic. How could someone who seemed to have what most of us want, feel alone enough to end his own life. The story of Joseph Grimaldi comes to mind when discussing this. It’s a […]
I haven’t written anything here in a long time. A ton of things have happened since I last posted. I don’t even know where to start, so I’ll just highlight the major stuff: My wife and I separated I found a new girlfriend I was rear-ended by a semi truck I moved in with my […]
So, over the last few months, a lot of life lessons have become much more relevant for me than in any time in my life prior. Of all of these lessons, priorities seems to be the most important for me. I, like many of us, feel a want or need for a number of things. […]
