I mean we’ve had a good run as a species. In 300,000 years we’ve managed to progress from traveling barefoot to speeding down interstates, from throwing spears to launching satellites, from creating stone tools to artificial intelligence that sometimes out-thinks...
When I was young, long before I spread my wings and left the nest, I had such a clear picture of what the perfect, fairytale life would look like for me on the magical day I was finally able to start living it. I’d have a wife, kids, and an extraordinary career that...
Even though I’m “The Imperfect Best, Awkwardly Awesome Guy”, I still catch myself feeling alone in the mistakes I make, not to mention my countless worries, perceived inefficiencies, failings, dreams that aren’t coming true fast enough, and fears of mortality. To make...
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, two days after the joys of Christmas and four days shy of embracing the New Year with glowing enthusiasm, I wrote, “Ok, you’re feeling low this morning, feeling less power because you feel like you’ve worked so hard and yet, nothing has...
Have you ever known the pain of keeping a great idea, a wonderful story, or an infectious melody to yourself because you were afraid of what would happen if you shared it? I created this reality for myself countless times when I was younger. The reasoning, I...
For years, I patted myself on the back. After all, I’d finally noticed that I’d been bench warming much of my life by using my fear of what people would think of my speech impediment and coordination differences as my trump card excuse. Do you have any...
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...
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