Crossing things off my bucket list
So, my 101 in 1001 list is pretty much dead. I think the problem is that my priorities in life have changed dramatically. And they’ll continue to change. Even things that I was curious about back when I created that list are now no longer curiosities. My mother posted a status update on Facebook the other day saying that she was starting to cross things off her bucket list. I didn’t even know she had one. I was surprised and happy to learn this. At one point, I was worried that my parents wouldn’t continue to explore things. That they would just age comfortably...
Read MoreGetting it right: dealing with “tomorrow”
I need a break from work stuff right now because my mind is wandering off to a post I wrote a while back about getting things right once and for all. At the time, it meant eating right and getting back in shape. And then, things took a turn in my life and spiraled downwards for a while. And I know exactly what went wrong: I hadn’t established a good foundation to be able to achieve my goals without letting personal things get in the way. If there are a few things that I’ve learned from my experience in business, it’s that you can’t accomplish everything in one...
Read MoreIllusions of strength
“I am the strongest person I know.” I believe this most of the time. I don’t mean physical strength. I mean my bullet proof vest, my brick wall, my barbed wire. Baby, you ain’t getting through this and if you do, you’ll never know – I’ll never tell you and you won’t have a clue. It’s what happens after years of loving and losing and loving some more. We suffer very quietly. Never believe someone who tells you that they never suffer. Everyone does. Never believe someone who says they’ve moved on from love. Everyone...
Read MoreAnd then, everything was silent.
“How come you haven’t been blogging?” “I don’t know. Guess I’ve been too busy living.” I laid in bed last night and thought about the most eerie of things: death. I have moments like that sometimes, when out of the blue, I’ll start thinking about the fact that we all die, eventually. It’s an easy thing to forget about. It’s an even easier thing to not want to think about! I’m not a religious person. I don’t believe in God. I’m not spiritual either. I believe that when we die, we die. We expire. We...
Read MoreI care about you (no, I don’t)
There are days when I get really tired of the lack of sincerity in this world. Today is one of those days. Today, I happen to have a lot of time just to think. I think I’m starting a cold. So I’m lying in bed with my thoughts. How come we’re not just nicer to each other? I guess this line of thinking comes from my experiences in the past few weeks. I’ve spent a lot of time in the strip club and at business functions (the lack of sincerity is very similar in both those worlds). We’ve lost our ability to connect to people in a genuine way. ...
Read MoreHow to get it right, for the last time.
I feel like I’m going in circles. Actually, I am. I want to make changes in my life – to better manage my schedule and to lose weight. Problem is: I keep making the same mistakes over and over again. And now I’m sipping from a can of Coke and thinking, ‘hey, this isn’t good for me at all’. What the hell? There must be a science to human motivation, no? I mean, at one point, someone must have studied this and found some evidence as to what influences people to make changes and to stick to those changes. But maybe we’re all so different that...
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