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 …
Category: General Life Advice and Observations
Five Lessons I Didn’t Expect to Learn in Hawaii
I just flew in from Hawaii and, boy, are my arms tired. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. It’s an old joke, but a classic. I, like the good dad that I am, have to make that joke every time I take a trip that involves flying (which has been a grand total of three times now …
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 …
This is Why God Made The World
Note: This post contains spoilers for the movie (and short story by Stephen King): The Life of Chuck. If you don’t want to be spoiled, then please skip this post until you’ve watched the movie or read the story. Last weekend, I took a trip out of town. I live in a little one-horse town …
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 …
Not Yet, but Someday
I just got back from seeing Ballerina, the newest film in the John Wick universe, and let me just say it was everything you want from a John Wick movie. The premise of these films (and the world they inhabit) is absolutely ridiculous. But they’re just… so… much… fun to watch. Ballerina lives up to …
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, …
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 …
Why You Shouldn’t Quit Your Job to Start an Online Business
So far, I’ve written nine posts on this website, and I think most of them pretty clearly show the dad-joke, middle-aged man that I am. But no post is going to paint me as the old fogey I truly am quite like this one. This post is going to take on typical twenty-something advice and …
A Case of the Mondays: A Simple Technique for Self-Examination
There was a day at work last week when I was absolutely hating life. You ever have one of those days where you wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, for no clear reason, just hate everyone and everything you come into contact with? That was me. It reminded me of that …