It takes work but you can take a pile of shit and turn it into anything else. It’s a matter of perspective. I think there are a few key ways of looking at it to change your outlook. The arrow of time. Past: I can’t believe this shit happened to meFuture: Shit Happens. Wipe it off.…

Here’s my curious side. The one that loves Exploration and New. Sometimes you have to force “new”. It’s not going to come on a shelf with neon signs pointing at it. It’s not going to have that amazing little red star like dot, and it might not even have the words “new” anywhere in sight. You…

Yes, I get these. I usually keep’em locked away. Not here. Here I should be able to wear my inner black shirt. where is this island, this thought?to find the shore i’ll seek its waves, the ripplesas it moves about like a weighted freighterspewing rusted ruffage, powdery rougethat red whale! for others whiteand when my…

It’s nice that introverts are getting more attention. In the recent slew was this one from the Huffington Post about signs of introverts. Here are the ones that most jumped out at me: You go to parties -– but not to meet people. Downtime doesn’t feel unproductive to you. Giving a talk in front of…

I forget too much. If yesterday I thought too much, today I’ve forgotten all about the sad things I thought about and am left with a clean slate to think about them again. I have thousands of empty notebooks waiting to be filled. I have tried check-in apps and logs, but again the root is…