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!!!)
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
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
I’m from the rural Midwest. How rural? I didn’t realize that some towns had multiple zip codes until I was in the Navy. Where I am from, one post office can cover multiple towns. Home. | Photo by Bob Bowie on Unsplash There was an astounding amount of diversity — blonds, brunettes, even the occasional ginger. But, … More My Biggest Corn Child Moment
Unless you were born into luxury, life has moments of grind. Your parents’ lives did, too, as did theirs, and theirs, so on and so forth. They may have done the grind to work the land, to feed their 12 kids, or to move up the ladder, but it isn’t a new story. Granted, people … More If You Need to Rest, Rest Well
Early on, we develop a favorite toy, show, cousin, aunt/uncle, neighborhood friend, so on and so forth. Many times, it will be a pairing. Two cousins will each be each other’s favorite cousin, or two neighborhood kids find they are each other’s favorite and the BFFs are born. These tendencies don’t leave us in adulthood. … More Never the Favorite
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