Category: Living

  • Fear of others has been my protection.

    I’ve smoked a cigarette exactly one time in my life.I didn’t do it because of social pressure – I was alone at the time, and to be honest social pressure to be stupid has rarely worked on me. I’m pretty good at telling friends when they’re being stupid, and not joining in. I don’t know…

  • Why reading people’s minds is a bad idea

    I sipped my eighteenth cup of instant coffee, and wondered how work was going. I was working at Starbucks at the time, and I had skipped work. A quick text to let them know I wasn’t going to be there, that was it. I would have gotten better coffee if I had gone into work,…

  • Optimization stress and stickers | Doubtful solutions

    Here’s one of my videos I thought you’d like. It’s about more than stickers. It’s about stress, and maximizing, and how making ourselves happy can make us miserable.   You can watch more of our vlog and the Doubtful Solutions Brothers here.

  • I did a guest post: building community on vomitingchicken.com.

    Hey, a guest post written by me went live today on Vomiting Chicken! It’s a fantastic blog written by a fantastic lady: my mom. It’s about people, farm living, and everything good. Check it out. (…and leave her a Happy Birthday comment 🙂