Death by College Student

So in my real life I work at a non profit that provides financial literacy education to the masses.  Sounds thrilling doesn’t it?  It’s ok, I know it doesn’t.
Today I had to go over to the local state university as a guest speaker for a personal finance class.  The concept of being faced with a [...]

Combating the Self-Indulgence of Sadness

So the other day I wrote all about how sad I’ve been lately.  It occured to me last night that spending so much time concentrating on the feelings of discontent is a terribly self-centered thing to do.  So I decided to pay attention to the things around me for awhile.
The Fiend was all snuggled up [...]

Tired of Being Sad and Lonely

It seems as though I’ve had the lion’s share of sadness lately.  In the grand scheme of things I know that there are plenty of people in the world who have more to complain about than I.  But that doesn’t help on the evenings when I’m caught in the endless spin cycle of my own mind.
There [...]

The Hard Work of Change

Change was the watchword of this most recent election cycle.  The promise of change brought voters to the polls in greater numbers than this country has seen in decades. The promise of change drew out people who had never voted before, many of them Americans who have felt disenfranchised and dismissed.  The promise of change [...]

Living in Limbo

There are situations in a person’s life which refuse to come to resolution without tremendous strength of will.  Decisions made are then retracted.  Possibilities surfaced are then dismissed.  Compromises formulated are then forgotten. 
 
An impasse is not a pleasant place to live.  It is exhausting existing in between.  Collapse is inevitable.
 
There is a desire to [...]