A bit over a week ago I went to a concert. It was one of those concerts where there are two opening acts and the whole thing takes place in one of those small venues where your feet may stick to the floor. They typically...
Continue reading...October 2019
Surviving Unemployment – About the Benjamins
No series about being unemployed can be taken seriously unless money is discussed. So here’s my money discussion. Every time I’ve been unemployed, I’ve read articles about how a person is supposed to take time to find themselves, give themselves a break, yada, yada, yada....
Continue reading...Too Much Stuff – Part Two
(See Too Much Stuff – Part One here.) I’ve realized that the stuff itself, or getting rid of it, wasn’t what was weighing me down as much as the feeling that I didn’t have control over what I got to surround myself with. I was...
Continue reading...Surviving Unemployment – The Initial Downward Slide
I’ve made it through five days of unemployment and two of them were the usual weekend. I have created a giant list of things to do to keep me busy and have dedicated at least a couple of hours each day to connecting with people...
Continue reading...Surviving Unemployment – Step One
We may or may not be heading for a recession of some type. It certainly gets talked a lot about in the news media but I think that’s mostly because there are too many people in this world who want to work in the media...
Continue reading...Too Much Stuff – Part One
Too Much Stuff – Part One The last 3-5 months I’ve been really starting to focus on how much stuff I have around me and what portion of that I really truly like or use. This last month, that focus has started to turn into...
Continue reading...What Is Self-Care?
I’ve seen a few therapists in my time, starting with one visit back in college. Since then I’ve had a few longer term stints with less than stellar outcomes. Actually in once instance, I was getting somewhere but my therapist was a grad student and...
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