Like many other teenagers, I struggled with low self esteem and depression while I was in high school. Man, I am glad I don’t have to do that again! High school was probably the worst period of my life, and I think about it like ex-cons must think about prison. A harrowing ordeal that I […]
I am a fairly quiet, buttoned down type of guy. I don’t have a huge social life, by choice, because I have an active family life, and I love to spend my free time writing. When people find out I smoke, they always act surprised, like it is some sort of big deal. I have […]
If you ever heard the term happy-go-lucky, that was the very definition of my character all through my twenties. After dropping out of college, I spent a lot of time drifting, making my life into a series of unconnected moments. To be clear, I was not traveling, I was drifting, meaning I wasn’t going to […]
When I was 14 years old, I was already looking ahead to being able to drive. We lived sort of outside of town, and I always felt like I was missing out on social events. I started cutting lawns and hustling little jobs for neighbors, saving up every dime I could for two full years. […]
I never considered myself to be very handy, but necessity is the mother of invention they say. I had a ton of free time on my hands after I got laid off, and was still quarantined at home thanks to this stupid pandemic. I started researching how to make my own grow room at home, […]
If I’m to be honest, my life has been in turmoil for as long as I can remember. I lived in a home where both my parents were alcoholics and their angst spilled over onto me. It wasn’t a good place to raise a kid, but they were the only family I had. I now […]
High school was probably the hardest thing I had to get through. College was challenging, and it was difficult to find anything that made me happy. I thought that once I got to this point in my life, I would be having a good time. After graduation, I got the job I had always wanted. […]
If you aren’t willing to do the thing that should be done to take care of your mind and body, it slowly stops working properly. It has taken forty years, and I can’t believe the shape I am in. I woke up one morning and realized I wasn’t ready to lay down and die, and […]
It was really interesting when I thought about how beneficial a simple weed can be to people. There is a lot of baggage that goes with that weed when it is called cannabis, marijuana or a lot of other names. Lately, it seems like that baggage is getting lighter, since people have found all the […]
As my hours began to wane at my task last week, I easily started to wonder if I should look for part time work. Regardless of the economic woes in the nation right now, there are tasks in many sectors available in our area. Retail locations are totally desperate for more employees, and the eateries […]