If you’ve followed this blog at all since late 2014, you’ll have noted that I’m on something of a self-improvement kick. Between going to therapy (including EMDR), and working on my own, I’ve been trying to improve myself as a human being.
Recently, though, things spun out of control, and I’ve been forced to come to terms with a lot of stuff. Stuff that I thought I had pretty well repressed.
— Bertrand Russell
If people are going to try to step all over you, be a LEGO.
— Randi Lee Harper (@randileeharper) July 15, 2015
Jen, a reader that I don’t know, challenged me for the 2015 Edition of What Shall I Write About?, with a request to write a letter of advice to my 16-year old self. Tough, but interesting. Here we go. Dear Dan, Today, you are sixteen years old. Your dad and stepmom are going to forget … Read more
— W. Béran Wolfe, Australian psychiatrist
— Sonja Lyubomirsky
1. Grant at least 20{3b4d110c5d1596d2297e6430d163d306168bc3d03da137601e3ed8beb4b12205} of my winnings to charity — Home for Life, the ASPCA, and other animal charities would likely top the list. 2. Have my own CubeSat launched, to look at the viability of an M2P2 mag sail. Because I am a giant dork. 3. Travel the world/completely nuke my bucket list. … Read more
So as some of you may have noticed on Twitter/FB yesterday, things have been kind of craptastic lately. The past three consecutive weeks have been among the toughest I’ve faced since leaving the military, and while there are times I’ve thought I’d break, I seem to be starting to turn it around. Context So in … Read more