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Bert.Hard-Won Wisdom from Not-Fun Places.
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The Starbucks Parking Lot: When Identity Finally Collapses
A close depiction of the story. It looks like the Pacific Mall intersection.
I was sitting in my car.
Starbucks parking lot.
Ventura, California.
Right next to the freeway.
You know the intersection: Chick-fil-A on one side, Burl...
The Disco Ball
There’s a question people often ask when they first meet someone.
Seven or eight times out of ten, it’s the same one.
You’re at a party. Might be a family thing where there are new people. You shake someone’s hand to meet them. The...
Truly Become
An interesting question showed up in the travels of my eyeballs this morning.
What does it feel like to imagine…
the person you truly want to become?
I could knee-jerk into this.
Feel a bit excited and a bit fearful....
Old Reminder. When the Pattern You Thought You'd Beaten Shows Up Again.
Old reminders.
Things that show up after you haven’t seen them for a while.
Things that used to be persistent. Multiple times a day kind of thing.
And then, through work, through time, through whatever combination of grace and effort...
Indifference: When You Do Everything Right and the World Says Nothing
This is a weird one to record.
It’s primarily about indifference.
What happens when you’re doing the work?
You know you’re doing the work, and you see results in yourself.
People close enough to see you acknowledge the change, th...
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I've lived long enough to know how dark it gets—and that you're not alone. I write about depression, homelessness, losing everything, and the small things that bring you back. If you've been in dark places, I'm right here.
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