In case you were already questioning your ability to rebel… — For the last couple of years, I’ve really dug my heels into the idea of self-improvement. In exploring what that looks like I wanted 2020 to be the start of a different kind of personal journey. So I shaped my News Year’s Resolutions back in January to reflect that. My…

A Solution to Having Many Creative Outlets — You’re a creative go-getter. I get it. I am, too. But that isn’t the problem. The problem is that you’re spreading yourself so thin in your desire to “go and get.” You look like the pie crust that was meant to be rolled out, but you were stretched too far…

If you’ve ever responded to one of my posts, or taken time out of your day to comment something on my work, I have started giving you the same response. If I read your Medium piece, and I mean REALLY read it… I will also provide you with that same…

Having a secondary creative outlet, and why that matters. — Photog: (N) 1. A North-American slang term for photographer. 2. Part genius, part human, part insane-creature willing to freeze fingers and time for the perfect shot. -EXAMPLE: I am a photog, therefore I am. Creativity: (N) 1. Defined by me as one of the main reasons why I have survived…

When so much has happened you lost sight of why you write in the first place. — Several months back I wrote on Medium a lot. I mean, A LOT a lot. I was writing nearly a post every day. And if not every day, every other day. I was doing this because I had the motivation to and the time. My schedule was more liberated and…

Alright. I’m not here to endorse giving up all the time. I think that reliability and sticking it out is a part of good integrity. Honestly, it’s a part of just being a good human being. I think that sticking most things out beyond the point you should is admirable. …

Okay, here’s the deal. I know you have something to say. I know you think it’s important. I know you’re probably just trying to do me a solid… But if I get an email every day from you I will unsubscribe and not even feel bad about it. I am…

In No Particular Order — I don’t know a single writer (or really a single human) that doesn’t like a word. If you don’t like a specific word, I bet you have one you use all the time — a phrase even. Either way, I’m not here to argue on whether you like words or…

A How-To On Being Productively Lazy — I had a student come into my office the other day… He came in to see me because one of his professor’s sent my office an alert that he would not be able to pass his class as he had just failed his midterm. …