External validation gets a bad reputation. Ideally, we wouldn’t need it.
Like it, or not, we are a primitive species that requires socialization and acceptance. … More Stop Hating on External Validation As Though You Don’t Love It, Too
It is no secret that intelligence and depression walk hand-in-hand. People who have never had to count ceiling tiles while waiting on others to catch up with reading are surprised to learn this. It’s one thing to be a gifted child born to accomplished parents in a major city with resources that can help you … More The Pains of Being Right and How To Cope with Being the Smart One
Communication is a two-way issue. Effective communication requires participation on both sides. We often see how easy it is for issues to keep others from communicating with us, but we struggle with knowing when the communication issues are on our end. Fortunately, a lot of what trips everyone up happens on the receiving and the … More Common Communication Barriers And How To Break Them
And Why Nobody Wants To Be Them I grew up great at many things, but not at any of the things that farming communities expected of little boys in the 80s. I was able to read and write by 4 (cursive at 5), pretty good with crayons and markers, and I could solve puzzles like a … More Hufflepuff: What We Need
And Why People with Better Options Need To Shut Up. Social media is tearing apart the saying about teaching a man to fish, stating the obvious “You can feed a starving man, THEN teach him to fish. After all, it’s much easier to learn when you aren’t starving.” I specifically use the word “obvious” because … More When Band-Aids Are All You Have
Writers often get started with the image of sitting alone in our homes, surrounded by our pets of choice, churning words out at the keyboard. Sure, there may be a little reading thrown in to break up the monotony. But, then we just hit “Send” and it’s on to the next project, right? That is … More Non-Writing Work that Writers Do for Work (That We Usually HATE!!!)
Some people love to withhold information, others overshare. I’ve had people tell me that they needed a candy bar because their sugar was plummeting while they left out that they were allergic to peanuts. This is one of the most important things to communicate when you are asking someone else to pick out a candy bar for you to consume. … More Broadcasting Pros and Cons
This helped me succeed as an adult. A perk of being born to parents who chronically drank and did drugs from their teenage years through 40 is that I was an awkward, uncoordinated runt of a child. Not a premie, but tiny. My parents were both 5’1”, so it’s a miracle that I managed to … More I Failed a Lot, as a Child
How it is dangerous to dismiss something or someone as toxic or negative simply because it disagrees with us. … More Toxic Doesn’t Mean Evil
Our budget is a snapshot of how we live. It doesn’t really matter what the exact numbers are. When you get money, how do you handle it? Are you impulsive to spend? Compulsive to hoard? That will determine your financial life. … More Basics of Budgeting for Those Who Know Nothing About Budgeting
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