Writing
A check-in on the mental state of things: compulsive productivity, music on 24/7, and why balance sometimes means letting yourself misbehave a little.
A ranking of every salt bread I ate across two weeks in South Korea, until I found the one that ruined me for all the others.
I'm fairly cultured, fairly educated, and mildly well travelled — but none of that extended to Asia until a few weeks ago.
There is quite a bit that aggravates me during air travel. Airports are busy places and you have a huge lack of control over almost every facet of it. Once…
My brother is coming in town this weekend so I've got about 45 minutes or so to vomit this out so we will see how polished the output is here. I've been back…
As I strive to kill parts of the old me and work to replace them, it's often like flipping a coin. It can be tempting to embrace negativity, to tear down,…
Currently I'm sitting on a ship going 21.1 knots headed back to Galveston where I departed a week ago. This is my 4th 7+ day Cruise and I find myself always…
Finding peace is hard enough as it is. You should probably do whatever you can to protect it whenever you do find it. Whether that's casting aside anything…
In an effort to aid and support my mental health, I'm working on cutting out people and things that are detrimental to it. This isn't to say they are bad…
I'm going to attempt to put this to paper to do two things: 1. Process these observations as a healing tactic 2. Bring awareness to how these things have…
For too long the house walls have been barren. Not enough color, not enough personality. That changes now. I've decided to start with the guest room probably…
5 years ago today I closed on my house. It was a proud and happy day. It was the start of something bigger than just myself. Five years later, some things…
So the home project was a success. Or rather, it went way better than I figured it would. Don't take this article as a how-to by any means, take it as…
At this point I've owned this house for about 5 years... well 5 years on the 22nd of this month, and never really done any serious decorating. Haven't hung…
I feel like I've been taking far more than I've been giving as of late so I wanted to take some time to be thankful for the things and people around me. I am…
Recently, I've come to realize that I rely on Jack more than he relies on me. This hasn't always been the case, but he's become my dearest friend, my cuddle…
I'm not going to start this with some grandiose statement about how "working out saved my life" or anything stupid and crazy like that. It may have, but if it…