It isn’t common knowledge, but every standard-issue human comes fully equipped with an invisibility cloak. Yes, like the one in Harry Potter. To activate it, all you have to do is hunch your shoulders, refuse to make eye contact with anyone, and speak only when spoken to. Keep your eyes…
The first glimpse feels like flying, Mask breaking water, Fins at the ready, Unprepared. I am afraid of heights. (Absolutely no fins on the boat) Two rusty smokestacks rise upward. Set at absurd angles, They belie her. (Hold your mask and jump) Beneath, shrouded, ancient, Four hundred feet of sagging…
What other people think of you is none of your business. I would really love to attribute this quote properly. Unfortunately, Google offers up a variety of sources, from Paul Coelho to Deepak Chopra to Ru Paul. Regardless of who said it first (probably not Ru Paul), I think we…
Happy birthday to me! If you’ve been around a while, you know I like to set a theme for each year. So here it goes: 40 is the year of going for it. I have been warned. I just got a text from my friend John (also 40) that read,…
TL;DR – Limiting beliefs, kids. They’re real. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life, but never so much as I have in the last six years. During that time, I’ve bounced between 220 and 210lbs. The pattern was always the same: approach 220, freak out, lose 8 pounds, then…