When I first got sober, I wanted to fix everything and have a WAY better life really fast. I didn’t receive this longed-for life in early sobriety, and even if I had I likely woulda burned it to the ground anyway because I was missing an essential ingredient: a solid foundation. Here’s why that foundation is necessary, especially in times like these.
Privileged Problems: How to Deal with "Small" Issues Amidst a Global Pandemic (and Other Crises)
People are dead…and we’re pissy about not going outside?
How dare we mourn our inconveniences when there were whole lives lost, right?
And yet whether we shut down the conversation or not, a most definitive frustration, negativity, and general feeling of depression exists among many people who (one could argue) have “no right” to feel anything but grateful for what they DO have. How do we navigate privileged problems?
A Creepy Hitchhiker Taught Me About Certainty: How to Stop Waiting to Make Decisions About Life
The man who had looked like a funky hippie from afar looked pretty sketchy and creepy up close. His body had a strange tick and some teeth were missing; though the years have dulled my memory, I specifically recall that his eyes had this terrifying look – a look that we all register deep down in our animal body. Is this what it means to be certain?
Stop Waiting for an Epiphany: How To Make the Right Decisions in Life
I spent a lot of my life waiting to be certain.
I waited for the “burning bush” moment in so many areas: career, relationships, and big decisions in general.
Take for example, the decision to have a child.
This is arguably the BIGGEST decision that a person can make in life – definitely not one to take lightly, right?