If you are an average person, you can do it — A Big Surprise in How Simple it is to Become a Billionaire There is nothing really special about those people who succeed in life, even those who end up millionaires, or even those at the top of the pile, the billionaires. Pretend for a moment that the above sentence wasn’t slightly convoluted and long winded, just take away the fact that it’s…

let’s be realistic — This roller coaster ride is just beginning. This is not doom. This is reality we face. I TRIED being optimistic. I even tried burying my head in the sand once again. Reality won out, and here I am again. I will encourage my children to get jobs in the trades…

Just when things started going good — My earnings have been getting shittier by the day, for the last six days. And just when things were going so well. My trend has always been upwards and now, well it’s gone to shit. Hopefully this is just a little speed bump on the road to greater things. But…

It’s embarrassing, but I don’t really know how to drive — I have a confession to make. I don’t know how to drive, and I’ve never had a license. There, I said it! Whew! I’m so glad I got that off my chest. I am nearing 50 years old, and while I technically know how to drive an automatic, and I…

But there’s something I can change in spite of that — Most of my spiritual journey the past dozen years has centered around Who I Am. It has been one long look in the mirror, and not liking much who I see. It’s been extremely painful, and I’ve tried time and time again to change certain aspects of myself, to no…

more words strung together — white hot sun beats down as I kneel on hands and knees to pull out the weeds Random thoughts Some time ago I was born. I don’t remember it. That was a long time ago, and summer is over for me. Maybe I spent too much time pulling out the…

grab a rung and pull yourself up — I don’t usually try to give anyone advice ever, but I do know a few things that I tend to learn the hard way. One thing I know that is universal and that most people just don’t want to do. If you want to go UP, you have to just…

yeah, people really do it — It was five or six years ago, my last of seven stays at the psych ward. This wasn’t my usual psych ward, the one I went to before had no beds so they drove me by medical van several towns away. At this place, there were no private rooms, we…

in a chaotic world, routine is necessary — It is the way it is. I will probably not change unless it is forced upon me. When craziness reigns in the world, sometime old, even bad habits are a great defense against upheaval and the unknown. So I drink my coffee at midnight, I eat cold pasta with my…