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Category Archives: Getting Along with Each Other
Rest, Recovery, and Growth
I’ve noticed some people want to grow continuously. They undergo a number of challenges and stressors (often going out of their way for them) in the hope of reaching new heights as a result of growing from each one of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged comfort, dog, emotions, growth, healing, Letting Go, pain, progress, recovery, regression, rest, Rest Recovery and Growth, Sawyer, stress, trauma
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Adding the Positive
Last year, I wrote a post about removing the negative. I still find that to be the most effective thing for relieving stress, overcoming obstacles, and enjoying life. Lately, however, I’ve realized that adding the positive is also extremely important. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adding the Positive, dog, emotional healing, emotional pain, fun, healing, inner work, negative, pain, positive, Removing the Negative, Sawyer
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My Take on Endings
From November 2019 until November 2020, Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor-Darling hosted a YouTube channel called Unus Annus. They put up at least one video every day for a year and then deleted the channel. This was their plan from … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friends, death, dog, effort, endings, Ethan Nestor-Darling, friendship, love, Mark Fischbach, meaning, My Take on Endings, relationships, Sawyer, Unus Annus
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Never Enough Time
My life with my dog Sawyer went by way, way, way too fast. Even though I had him for 11 of his 12 years, it seemed like we’d just said our first hello before the time came for our final … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged dogs, family, friends, life, love, loved ones, Never Enough Time, Presence, present moment, Sawyer, time, time freedom
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Thank you Sawyer
Thank you Sawyer. Thank you for being so cute, adorable, fluffy, playful, genuine, loving, and lovable. Thank you for loving me unconditionally. Thank you for loving me even when I hated myself. Thank you for inspiring so much of my … Continue reading
What I Learned From Sawyer
Sawyer was my best friend ever and the best dog I could have asked for. I learned a lot from him over the 11 years we spent together. It would take at least one book to include them all (a … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friend, dog, family, friend, friends, friendship, kindness, lessons, life lessons, love, Presence, Sawyer, What I Learned From Sawyer, wisdom
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Six Months
It’s been a little over six months since my most recent birthday. Hard to believe that much time has passed already. Feels like yesterday that I was on a beautiful beach celebrating with some wonderful friends. We danced, had some … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged anxiety, beach, Bear in the Big Blue House, birthdays, depression, Encouragement, family, friends, friendship, future, love, meaning, Six Months
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Crossings
Went to the park today Looked out over the calm, crystal clear, beautiful water Walked by the man fishing And a few men sitting on the bench Another one casts his line and then steps back Family with kids running … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other
Tagged animals, beauty, Crossings, humans, meetings, nature, outdoors, peace, Presence, stillness
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My Pursuit of Meaning
Meaning is a lot more powerful and more important than pleasure. All kinds of pleasure are really only temporary sensations. Even if some forms of pleasure last a long time, they all will run out eventually. Further, even when they’re … Continue reading
Embracing the Uncertainty
Pushing people away leads to isolation. Sometimes this is part of routine self-care, as when taking steps back from socializing to recharge. Other times, it’s done unintentionally by consistently acting in ways that prompt others to disassociate. Whatever its cause, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged dark night of the soul, Embracing the Uncertainty, isolation, pain, People Pleasing, uncertainty
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