“Am I a waste of a therapist’s time?”

16 Dec 202216 Dec 2022

Reddit is often a scary place, but sometimes there are people and places that make it hugely worthwhile. One of those places is the Multiple Sclerosis subreddit. There's often a…

The Full Catastrophe

31 Oct 202231 Oct 2022

One of my dad's favorite old movies is Zorba the Greek. One of the best quotes from the movie is this: "I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house,…

Right Livelihood

6 Dec 202112 Dec 2021

I've known since I was a very young child that I wanted to do nothing but read. I've also known since I wasn't much older that I wanted to be…

The Phantom Fourth

7 Jun 20197 Jun 2019

I'm about to test in taekwondo again, another in a long line of tests to (in theory) get me to my first degree black belt. I've already got the belt…

Right Speech: Learning Instead of Losing

4 Apr 20194 Apr 2019

In Buddhism, there is what's called the Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Aspiration, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. The theory is,…