I recently watched Wicked: For Good, and it sent me down a Wizard of Oz rabbit hole. I watched the first Wicked movie, Oz the Great and Powerful (the Sam Raimi/James Franco one), and then finally the original Wizard of Oz movie. Well, when I say “original,” I suppose I mean the most popular Wizard …
Category: Acceptance
Do Something Today Your Future Self Will Thank You For
Last week, the local Alamo Drafthouse (and I think pretty much every movie theater, actually) was showing Back to the Future. Since it happens to be one of my favorite movies of all time, and I was too young to see it in theaters when it came out, I decided to go. If you’re not …
Becoming Who You Really are by Facing the Zombies That Haunt Your Life
Went to the coffee shop today, and an old song came through on my playlist. It’s an absolute banger by Breaking Benjamin, and I’m going to share it with you right now. Source: Breaking Benjamin YouTube Page How often do you hear a song that takes you back to a moment or a place in …
The Relentless Pursuit of Something Beyond Yourself
This past week, a former student reached out to me for some advice about a career path she was considering. I’ve been out of education for almost six years now, so this doesn’t happen very often anymore. It led to a short back-and-forth, and I offered her some words of encouragement to help her through …
How to Accept the Present Moment and Embrace the Ever Changing Nature of Life
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, and that’s basically because I fell off the wagon a couple of months ago. But that’s the nature of addiction. Sometimes you stumble. Sometimes you fall. But somewhere in the falling, we learn things about ourselves if we’re willing to look. This post is about some insights …
How I Found My Way Through the Darkest Season of My Life
A while back, I faced an incredible existential crisis. You know, one of those things that gnaw at the holes inside you and make you question why you even bother to get out of bed in the morning. It started about a year before my mom died. I went to bed one night, and while …
The Mindset That Changes Everything
I recently rewatched Top Gun: Maverick. With the new Mission: Impossible in theaters, I went on a big rewatch of all the Mission: Impossible movies, which ultimately led me down a Tom Cruise rabbit hole. Despite his wackjob religious beliefs, the man has made some awesome movies over the years. Top Gun is a bit …
The Only Peace I’ve Ever Known
Let’s kick off this post with a song by Jelly Roll. Source: Jelly Roll YouTube page Let’s just say that’s one of the saddest songs ever. And let’s give Lainey Wilson a shoutout because her performance is incredible in it. But that’s not what I want to talk about in this post. In this post, …
The Final Reckoning: The Mission After the Mountain
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is in theaters now, and since I’ve been a lifelong fan of the franchise, I decided to check it out. I grew up watching the original TV show, and I remember seeing the first Tom Cruise installment back in 1996. Hard to believe it’s been almost thirty years. What’s …
What I Learned From the Most Embarrassing Day of my Life
Allow me to set the stage for one of the most embarrassing days of my life. To do so, I need to go back a bit. 2011 was an interesting year for me. It was the year I finally worked up the courage to quit my job and go back to school to become a …