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...
Have you noticed that some plans work out way better than we could’ve imagined, while others end up being complete and utter flops? Many of us spend so much time and energy worrying about getting plan A right. But really plan A is just the beginning of the...
A few months ago, I did a 10 minute Facebook Live entitled, “Comedy!!!??##:):):)”. During the duration of its runtime, I’d guesstimate that I had 1 view. In a world where the superstars get hundreds of thousands or millions of views on the regular,...
There once was a man named Carl, who discovered a bedazzled lamp laying under a rose bush on his trip to the corner grocer. He’d hoped to procure a cupcake, pistachios, a lotto ticket and a hot dog. The lamp was an unexpected bonus! Images of Disney’s Aladdin...
Today is March 5, 2021. In just under a week, Americans will have lived with the COVID-19 pandemic for an entire year. For a virus many of us believed would go away if we all just stayed inside for a couple weeks and practiced safety precautions, this blows my...
Dedicated to anyone navigating the lasting effects of trauma There’s one morning that lives vividly in perpetuity within my mind. It’s an invigorating summer morning at the onset of a hot, sticky day that I predict will lead to the cool relief of a city pool in the...
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