We’ve all heard the old saying that “talk is cheap”, right? It’s one of those evergreen adages we take for granted. We hear it all the time and, well, it’s so true it’s pretty much just a fact by this point. Why is talk cheap? Because the doing of the thing is hard. Talking about…
Category: Mental Health
New Year, New Me
I’ve gone through a few things over the past three years. A global pandemic, which obviously we all experienced but each one differently, to a series of pretty bad depressive episodes to a life-changing breakthrough using cognitive therapy. Over the past few years, my day job had drifted away from being my dream job and…
Writing 2.0
In 2010, I wrote my first piece of fiction since quitting in frustration a decade earlier. It felt pretty good finishing a short story again. So good, that I decided I should keep it going. In 2011, I finished a novel. It sold quite well. I focused on sales and on pushing myself beyond reasonable…