This is part two of a series of posts wherein I try to explore the meaning of one's identity and answer the question "Who am I?". By the third and final post, I'm hoping to finally give an answer. I'm a little concerned however, because I find myself no closer to the answer than I … Continue reading identity part 2
I used to believe that there are parts of you that the world will never see. I think this is still technically true, but it doesn't have to be. All those years ago, I also believed it was almost impossible to be truly understood by another person. This I also think doesn't have to be … Continue reading communication
It's incredible how beholden I am to the aspirations I had when I was a teenager. Sometimes I struggle to accept that version of myself as anything but a harsh critic. Looking at me today, I've hardly accomplished any of the things seventeen year old me wanted to do. But above all else, I've grown … Continue reading normally
Most of our life is spent waiting for the next thing to happen. Your next vacation, the work waiting for you on Monday, that movie you'll be watching on Saturday. Right down to the grocery run that's next on your list of things to do this week. By now, you're surely nodding sagely. But what … Continue reading In-between times
I think we can all agree that nothing lasts forever. You say this to a friend and they'll nod thoughtfully. But we still spend so much of our lives chasing after a never-ending series of goals. But aren't they impermanent too? For example, I plan on running in a marathon this year. That's about as … Continue reading Moving targets
To answer the question of "how do you define yourself?" I published this post. By the time we reached the end, I still couldn't produce an answer. And for the better part of the past 2 years, I've had a follow-up post swirling around in my head. While I haven't fully fleshed out what I … Continue reading identity part 1.5
There is a class of life problems that I call insurmountable. They are the things that happen in your life that fill you with dread just thinking about. Your first instinct is avoidance, so you're not actually sure what a solution even looks like. These shouldn't be confused with "Hard" life problems. Hard problems are … Continue reading Hard vs Insurmountable Life Problems
I keep a tight ship in my life. Calendars, agendas and to-do lists. All optimized through years of trial and error. So I know better than anyone else that any productivity system is only as good as your worst day. That however, is a non-statement. You're not going to be "productive" on your bad days. … Continue reading fighting off entropy
For the past six months or so, I've completed weekly reflections. It's part of a wider set of habits I've taken on since the New Year. One of the questions on my reflection sheet is "What is your goal for the week ahead?". I've often struggled to fill that portion out. At times I'll be … Continue reading more coffee
Hello there! It's been almost three years. Whoops! But I'm back with some thoughts to share tonight, and how I've found myself back on the blog on this particular night. In my last post, I admitted that I would be deprioritizing this blog. See, up until then, I viewed Scripted Journal as one of my … Continue reading identity
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