Do you talk yourself out of doing things even though you know they’d probably be exciting and enjoyable if you did them? This summer I had every reason to talk myself out of taking a three week road trip to San Diego: The overinflated cost of a gallon of...
I’m starting to realize that it’s nearly impossible to be completely self-sufficient and self-made in the modern world. Not only that, it would be pretty darn inefficient. Think about something as simple as needing a new lightbulb because the one you had burned...
A few months ago, I left the barn door open. I’m talking about a literal barn door here, the fly on my pants was just fine, thank-you-very-much. Anyhoo, I left the barn door open for just a few minutes while I ran off to do a quick chore. When I...
I can choose to love my speech impediment. Or I can hate it. Either way, I still have a speech impediment. Someone might say, “Well, Jason, it’s a very big world. There may very well be a cure for your speech impediment out there, somewhere.” I...
Once-Upon-a-Not-too-Distant-Time, a negative thought would enter my brain like a formidable opponent and I’d get sweaty, miserable and downright beat-up wrestling it for days on end. Once-Upon-a-Today, negative thoughts still come and go from my head, but I do my...
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