Oliver DoddThe Root Cause of Suicide is not Mental Illness, it’s SufferingAnd why deciding when to end one’s life should be a personal choice.Jun 18, 2018Jun 18, 2018
Oliver DoddRegret is Not a Waste of TimeJanuary 30th or 31st, 2010. My wife and I were getting ready to head back home after stopping by to see my parents on one of our regular…Jan 29, 2018Jan 29, 2018
Oliver DoddReflections on a Year of SobrietyBack in 2016 I publicly declared that one of my resolutions for 2017 was to go the entire year without drinking alcohol. Communicating your…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Oliver DoddThe Unbearable Heaviness of OwningRecently I was wrongly accused of having read a Marie Kondo book. I was, and still am, in the midst of a selling spree, posting item after…Jan 24, 2017Jan 24, 2017
Oliver DoddWitness to the End of MankindBy many accounts, 2016 was a horrible year; perhaps the most uniformly maligned since the financial collapse of 2008. It has been a year of…Jan 2, 2017Jan 2, 2017
Oliver DoddDemystifying MindfulnessMy legs really hurt. This thought isn’t announcing itself in English but, just as one tends to try think in the language that they’re…Nov 25, 2016Nov 25, 2016
Oliver DoddGratitudeEvery day I try to fill my head with as much information as possible. Podcasts guide me through the latest in scientific research and…Nov 24, 2016Nov 24, 2016
Oliver DoddWhy I Am DisappointedI am a married, straight, white male. I am a naturalized US citizen. My wife and I will be in the highest tax bracket next year. But I live…Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016
Oliver DoddWriter, BlockedI am not a good writer. Every sentence is an agonizing process of construction, deconstruction, reorganization, and rumination in a futile…Oct 31, 2016Oct 31, 2016
