My life has improved every time I assume that those around me are well meaning and good people. This isn’t to say that people are always good. There are criminals and there are antisocial people. But the far majority of…
Category: Hot Takes
Philosophy Friday – If You Leave Me a Nasty Comment
Someone read some of my blog posts and decided to try to tell me off. They left me one nice comment and then one mean comment that they copy/pasted onto every blog post I have written. I guess I touched a nerve…
Weapons of Mass Instruction, By John Taylor Gatto
This book is absolutely 5 star. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gatto goes over the history of compulsory schooling and how it is specifically designed and intended to crush out of people their creativity, independence, and ability to judge for themselves. This may seem unbelievable. …
Who Cares If Your Stuff Sucks?
I have wanted to start a blog since I was 18. That was 14 years ago. At the time when I originally was looking into beginning a blog at 18 I was told that blogging for income was “sort of…
Small Children: A Menace to Society
I saw a tiktok video of an artist who makes these sunburst type pieces of art out of wood and flowers. She mentioned that at the last show she went to, someone’s little kid walked up to one of her…
What Others’ Think About You is None of Your Business
In the last year, I have had a lot of phone calls with friends that are upset about a bad interaction they have had with someone. They can tell that the person on the other side thinks that they are being…
Growing Old: Should you?
“Never grow old.” My grandma told me as she sat with nothing to do in a retirement home. She had been saying she was ready to go for about 2 decades. Ok, I understand the sentiment and the viewpoint. I really do. But…
Healing from Covid
About 2.5 weeks ago my entire household (3 adults and my son) all got hit with covid. *Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and while I may be sharing what I have done to heal from covid, nothing here…
Do You Love What You Do Every Day?
In my house sometimes we use the word “vegetables” to mean those things that you have to do in life that you do not enjoy or have a great desire for. Things like chores, laundry, etc… Sometimes the things you want…
Hormone Fluctuations – Hot Take
I have a hot take about women and their menstrual cycles. But I think it is going to make some people mad. Women have menstrual cycles and monthly changes based on their body and its various levels of different hormones.…