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The Inconvenient Truth About Divorce One Year Later
It makes you feel weak.
It makes you feel like a chump.
In manspeak, it makes you feel like a…
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Admit It: You’re Just Making This Up As You Go
I was just a young hormonal Catholic school boy sitting in church on Sundays begging God to forgive me every…
The Book Project
I’m attempting to write my first book.
I’ve been treating the project somewhat like I do my blog posts. I…
How to Stop Procrastinating Later
A husband I know got into hot water with his wife after letting the family’s insurance coverage lapse several months…
Writer’s Block, Vol. 2
Muse – n. – a source of artistic inspiration.
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I’m having trouble writing.
Since launching this blog in late…
The Perfect Amount of Death
Austin Kleon starts every day by reading obituaries.
Not to be morbid.
Not to obsess about death.
Not to channel…
The Man in the Mirror
I see him every morning when I step out of the shower.
We stare at one another again while I’m…
How Writing Brought Me Back to Life
I died a little the moment my wife told me over dinner she wasn’t sure she loved me anymore.
The…
The One Where Everything’s Different
At 4:37 a.m. Central Time, I turned 35.
I’m completely unfazed. I’m less interested and less affected by the occasion…
Play ‘Til the Ninth Inning
Two horrible things happened to me after turning 30.
I lost my job.
And I lost my family.
In both…
