Category: inspiration

  • A Word Too Many People Use Too Much

    Impossible. It’s a defeatist word, I tell myself. It’s an easy answer when things are really hard. It negates any possibility of hope. It dismisses potential options. To be fair, it is statistically improbable a human can reverse gravity using only the power of their mind, but let’s not go…

  • Loaded Questions

    Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. No plan, no matter how awesome or well-plotted, never survives contact with the situation. The plan WILL CHANGE. Improvisation skills are just as important as being prepared. It doesn’t matter the situation–home, work, finding a job, raising a kid,…

  • What Gets Better with Age?

    Well, at the grand old age of almost 50, I would have to say: “the ability to not give a fuck.” It starts small, and it isn’t usually a conscious decision. You don’t just wake up one morning and notice a new ad on your feed or whatever advertising a…

  • Inspiration

    Some of my best ideas for stories are traced back to dreams or objects. A few years ago, I saw this stationary set in my local post office: My mom squealed that she remembers that children’s book. I really don’t remember what she told me about the story. I assume…