The beginning of March 2021 was officially one year without drinking alcohol. I didn’t knowingly start out with a plan to not drink for this long, but it’s been a good decision. I turned 30 this year and looking back, I spent a good amount of my 20’s inebriated. That was all fine and wellContinue reading “Relations with a Bottle”
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Rituals
We all have little rituals that are unique to us in our life. Little patterns in which we do things again and again. One of my better rituals is my run ritual. I always run on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I usually get out on a Saturday or Sunday too. I pretty much always doContinue reading “Rituals”
Common Experience
It almost never snows in Austin, Texas. When it does, it is usually overnight and leaves a small coat of temporary frost on everything. It briskly melts and turns the ground to slush and mud. Today it has been snowing for 6 hours straight so far. The snow is the deepest I’ve seen in memory.Continue reading “Common Experience”
2020 was a weird year.
These are just some sporadic thoughts thrown at the keyboard about this past year. I cycled a lot around Austin in April when nobody was on the road. That was a time unlike any other. It was truly an empty city and I felt like I had it all to myself and every lane wasContinue reading “2020 was a weird year.”
Quarantine Quarter Year Check-In
I started this blog and this year with a ton of goals for myself and I have met some of them in the first three months and I will reevaluate some of them to see if they still have meaning. At the end of this post I have some brief thoughts on Society in Pandemic.Continue reading “Quarantine Quarter Year Check-In”
There is Good Stuff on the Internet Part 1: Raptitude
I wanted to write an appreciation post for some of the stuff I like best on the internet. I thought I’d get this all in one, but I have a lot to write about. These series will be on authors and essayists and critics I admire and have watched or read on the internet overContinue reading “There is Good Stuff on the Internet Part 1: Raptitude”
Just Get Started
Today I was faced with the killer of the majority of attempts at habit formations: Needing to create motivation without inspiration. I have done nothing all week. I’ve been sick with the flu and only started feeling better yesterday. I had lost my inertia. I’ve been riding my bike or running almost every day, meditatingContinue reading “Just Get Started”
Praise for Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is my favorite road-trip movie. It’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, and it keeps it’s script, setting and thematic focus razor tight. The movie is perfectly cast as listed below: Greg Kinnear plays Richard. He is a bankrupt self-help guru and is completely disillusioned with the prospect of selling his 9-steps-to-success program to aContinue reading “Praise for Little Miss Sunshine”
Balancing Act
How’s this for a cliche hook: Life is about the journey, not the destination. I’ll casually lift this saying and apply it to riding a Motorcycle. Though they share a same basic function, there are stark differences to driving a car and riding a motorcycle. A car is a sterile experience. A car has AC,Continue reading “Balancing Act”
Running and Meditating
Today’s post is about getting into the habit of a pair of activities I love that I would like to do consistently. Meditating Running I feel stupid for every time I stop doing these. I forget how enjoyable these activities are. They are relaxing, healthy and require almost no money and minimal effort. Meditating: IfContinue reading “Running and Meditating”
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