"You can't escape it, you can't control it, but you can respond to it."

If I spent my time focusing on writing what people want to read, I wouldn't be writing what I want to share. I write what I want to share because I hope it can help someone. If I began to write what I felt people wanted to hear, I would no longer have the enjoyment of being honest, vulnerable, or myself.

I once told my mother I felt like I was running a marathon and not stopping for water. Here's what changed.

How to Treat and Love Others I felt it was important to start with my sister. She’s gone now, and with her went a large part of what first brought my mother pride. Her first and only daughter. A brilliant woman who carried so much love and affection. She was everything you’d want in a big sister, and everything a mother hopes her daughter can be.

I heard everything anybody ever told me. I used none of it until I was 21.

Make It Satisfying The fourth law of building better habits is the simplest one to say and the easiest one to forget: make it satisfying. What gets rewarded gets repeated. What feels good, you come back to. We all run on this loop, and most of the time we don't even notice it's running us. Here's the trap, though. Bad habits pay you…

Failure serves as essential feedback, guiding us towards success. Embracing failure as a learning opportunity enables personal growth and encourages us to try despite fears.

The content emphasizes the importance of visibility in forming habits, summarizing strategies for achieving goals. By creating clear cues and organized routines, such as setting a specific time for exercise or placing essential items in visible locations, individuals can enhance motivation and make habit formation more seamless and automatic.

Ocean Beach serves as a vital escape for the author, offering tranquility amidst the city's chaos. Visiting nearby Golden Gate Park brings freedom from noise and stress, allowing for reflection and clarity. Cherished memories of bike rides symbolize this liberation, making Ocean Beach a cherished place for mental peace and rejuvenation.

The Challenges We All Face I'm sure everyone feels the stress of inflation, gas prices, political turmoil, or just life in general. This post is about overcoming obstacles — the bright kind and the brutal kind — because lately there have been plenty of both. There's also the bright side: I have a cousin who recently beat cancer. My wife survived a very tough health stretch — very tough.

The author shares their struggle with skipping morning routines, particularly stretching, despite being athletic. They emphasize the importance of routines in maintaining good habits and achieving success. Skipping minor routines can lead to unwanted habits and pain. Adapting habits while staying consistent, even in challenging circumstances, is key to personal development.

I could write about this probably all day, and for multiple categories. Let's just get into it though. Category: Interpersonal Obviously, there are obvious things that can make you a worse person, things that are against the law, but here are a few things I really dislike. Hypocrite: What could be worse than someone saying you shouldn't do something, and then them justifying it for their cause?

Feeling like an outsider turned a quiet kid mean. If he couldn't be happy, he'd make sure nobody around him was either.

Daily writing prompt What’s a moment you wish you could freeze and live in forever? View all responses There are a few for me. They represent the happiest moments of my life — moments I'd be okay with if time just stopped right there. When My Big Sister Taught Me My ABC's She had just learned them herself, but that didn't matter.

Life presents challenges regardless of our readiness, forcing us to choose strength daily. The author shares personal experiences of their wife enduring health issues with resilience, while navigating their own feelings of confusion and undervaluation at work. They emphasize that true strength is an active choice, not passive acceptance.

Express my feelings Positively, I have been able to focus on how I currently feel, and how certain events make me feel. I am learning how similar a lot of the things that I feel is similar to what others may also feel. Sharing that provides myself and them with peace of mind. It allows me to tap into another part of my mind that expresses my creativity.

Task 1 Don't set a resolution. Task 2 I found setting a resolution, just doesn't work. I don't tell anyone I am doing it, I know what I want to do, I just figure out the how, when, and where and follow through. If you said you wanted to give up social media, why delete the app? Start with moving it to a far off page on your phone where apps you rarely, or never use is located, and maybe even put it in a folder, make it more difficult to access.

20 Subs — And Hopefully Many More Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who takes the time to read this. Like many of you, I stepped back over the holiday — mentally and physically — to be with family, breathe, reset, and just be. And during that reset, I realized something important:20 subscribers is more meaningful to me than I ever expected.

Caring Brutaly Honest Resourceful Hard Working Friendly/Team Oriented Leader CaringIf you're in my circle, your in it until you're not. I lift up, protect and always have the back of people in my corner. Usually to make it in my circle, reciprocation is key. To me though, those people that I care for, are the most important people in the world to me.

The author reflects on economic systems, nuclear threats, and electric vehicles. They advocate for economic equality and better access to education while questioning extreme wealth concentration. The dangers of nuclear weapons as deterrents complicate global disarmament. Lastly, they express skepticism about the current state of electric vehicles, highlighting challenges in readiness and infrastructure.

Taking responsibility doesn’t guarantee success—but it gives you the power to shape it. From paralyzed athletes to once-homeless fathers, real change starts when we stop blaming and start building. Your response—not your circumstance—defines your direction. You’re the architect. Own the blueprint.

Gaming Sleep Running Work (Job, or at home) GamingTime just blows by gaming. I love it though, I find myself very busy with many different hobbies I am interested in doing in my life now. Sitting in front of a screen and vegging is necessary from time to time. It allows me to reset my brain and just melt. …

When I think about where I’m considered an authority or an SME, a few subjects come to mind instantly—my race, growing up poor, and overcoming obstacles. I'd also throw in self-help, because that’s something I’ve lived and breathed for years and have also spent a lot of time researching lately to further my understanding. I’m an SME when it comes to being Black—because well, I am.