Rules for life writing: Get a life. Pay attention. Find a favorable form. Then what?
COMPLAINING COMPLAINER EXPLAINED
How does a complaining complainer solve problems? First they complain. Then they complain some more. To wrap things up they add a little more complaining. There you go, problem solved. Or is it?
SEATTLE FREEZE WARMS TACOMA
The Seattle Freeze in February isn’t about the weather. It’s not about the weather in July or August, either. If it’s not freezing weather, then what is it? Attitude, a chilly attitude.
HARD TRUTH FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE
Hard truth comes in one flavor, and it’s not sweet. It’s more of a gag-reflex flavor. You listen, want to disagree, but you keep listening instead. Then you go to the ICU? Maybe.
PROBLEM CHILD GETS ALL OF THE ATTENTION
The problem child is only a problem if they grow up to be problems for others. And themselves. Who wants to be a Problem Adult? No one. And yet, here we are.
PERSONAL IDENTITY: WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Personal identity starts the moment you meet someone. You’ve got yours, they’ve got theirs, and the games begin. Maybe you go first and talk about the love you feel for where you grew up. Or they go first and talk about why they left where they grew up as fast as they could. After that […]
HOMEWARD: THE DREAM AND THE REALITY
Homeward bound isn’t so much a destination as it is a memory. Sure you can go home, but is it really home if you’re gone a while? Yes it is, and it’s the memory that defines your relationship to where you are. Are you home? Close to home? Check your look in the mirror to […]
CONSISTENCY HABIT? WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE
If a consistency habit sounds like one step away from living in a rut, then you’re doing it wrong. A rut, or living in a rut, is the hole you’ve been digging. When life said ‘Dig in’ you started and never stopped, never asked why. That’s a rut you’ve been plowing, my friends, and I’m […]