It’s a simple matter of mind games. — I have a confession to make: I’m a lazy mo’ fo. Impossible. You’re living space is always clean, you have a billion hobbies, and you eat 90% of your meals at home. It’s true. I am lazy. To the extreme. I’ve been awake since 7:00 am. It’s now 8:45 am…

And it bettered our father-daughter relationship — In January 2018, I emerged from a 15 month, committed, monogamous relationship with an emotionally abusive narcissist. That relationship ripped out my soul, leaving me a empty, purposeless pile of flesh. But the lessons I learned from going through that turmoil ultimately gave me the strength to make changes in…

How COVID-19 is returning life to normal — “I’m about to use the last of the bread,” he says. “Okie. I’ll make some more tomorrow.” This exchange between my mate and I might have felt abnormal a few months ago. But today, it’s a normal part of my routine. In The Time Before [COVID-19], it was a rarity…

Tips and tricks for keeping love in close quarters — With the current COVID-19 pandemic the entire world is at least four weeks into social-isolation. Except America. They re-opened. Yes, well, America is what we refer to as a “massive dumpster fire”. I have confidence they’ll close again in about a week. For many, social-isolation means being completely alone; for…

But what does that mean? — If you’re a child of the 80’s having gone through your teen years circa late 90's/early 2000’s, this article is especially intended for you. We are the generation of non-boundary setting. We flat out don’t know how to do it. …

We can’t practice something if we don’t know what it is — Over the past decade, a social media-fueled movement has gathered steam: one in the art of self-love. Proponents of the movement claim by learning to love ourselves, we’ll create a societal shift toward peace and caring. But most of us don’t have a clue what self-love is. Says you. After…

Society tells us to feel despair, but sometimes we don’t. — I was about ten when she flooded the bottom floor of her home. She left the kitchen tap running overnight; an understandable mistake. She had to have been around 75…76. Chalk it up to old age. These things happen. The second occurrence, in less than a year, was cause for…

It often only takes one person to change a deep-seated mindset. — I originally wrote this on January 2nd but I like to sit on things for a day or two before I edit and post, thus it is January 4th. But pretend it’s January 2nd. For timelines and such. Yesterday, I ran. Whoop dee doo. What do you want, a fucking…

A dive into theory about what you could do if you were a wizard! — Lately, I’ve had a bit of writer’s block, and this one felt like an easy win. And sometimes, an easy win is needed to get the creative juices flowing again. Thus I take you down the crazy path that is my brain on Harry Potter… During a current re-read of…