My kids are reaching an age where they’re trying to decide what their careers are going to be. We spend a good chunk of our children’s lives basically preparing them for nothing. We send them to school, and they get used to the automation of it all. You show up year after year, going from …
Category: General Life Advice and Observations
This is the Life You’ve Chosen: The Path to 100% Responsibility
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …