Bad habits
To be Or Not To Be
The first lockdown had troubled everyone with the worry that other people were sick and that the laughter among the crowds one saw hovered like a bad omen. Basic interactions like talking to the cashier felt like a long-distance call, and everyone was cut off from physical touch. I had spent too much time patching up the loneliness on dating apps, hoping in vain to break the law with a date or two. I spent the spring either looking out the window or at a screen. The snow blowing at night, the rain dripping in the morning. The uncertainty of everything made it hard.
By Josh M4 years ago in Confessions
How I Replaced Envy with Admiration
In this story, I highlight a potent emotion that creates unpleasant feelings and causes us suffering. This painful emotion is called envy. Of course, there is nothing wrong with envy as an emotion. However, its effects can produce undesirable feelings and a painful state of mind.
By Dr Mehmet Yildiz4 years ago in Confessions
A Microphone and A Jumping Fox
Authenticity………it’s not something that’s foreign to me in any way shape or form. Ever since I was a kid I'd like to say I was a pretty straightforward and honest person. I’ve never been a people pleaser and If I didn’t like something I was never afraid to make that known to others. This doesn’t mean I was closed off to new experiences or meeting others, it's just how I was. A majority of people that know me would say I’m a reserved, shy and stoic person. A major introvert who could care less about socializing and going to parties, I just loved my solitude. I’ve never considered myself to be this way but it’s sometimes difficult to fully know who you truly are or how you act towards others, or at least to me it was.
By Marcus Wilkie4 years ago in Confessions
Today Is A New Day
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2021 : What the fuck did I do to myself…This is my life, the life that I chose and I chose this? Really Melissa? I need to get my shit together….GSD….Get Shit Done! Look at me! Waking up I look around my trailer and there is no flooring, foil on the windows with no curtains, a disorganized array of everything… It’s windy and rainy outside, I have piles of shit and shit filling the small space I call a yard. I have no income and at this point, everything is past due. My car got totaled and insurance wouldn’t cover it because it was a hit and run. Everything is fucked up, I’m struggling to get by daily, and it’s all my own fault. This is my life right now, this is really my life, and it is my fault.
By Melissa Burgess4 years ago in Confessions
10 Bad Habits You Should Break
Let’s get this party going. 1. The Appropriate Situation Are you on the lookout for a sign from the universe? Do you need a motivator to get your life moving in the right direction? Too many people put off pursuing their dreams, hoping that the right time will come when everything will fall perfectly into place.
By Alin Boicu4 years ago in Confessions
WHO AM I?
For most of my life, I was the guy most wannabe thugs wished they could have been. Officially declared a “Menace 2 Society”, I was sentenced to almost 30 years in federal prison for my role as mastermind of a series of daring bank robberies in the 70s. Two involved shootouts. One with the police. The other with a private citizen in a bank parking lot where I narrowly missed being killed. While confined, I took part in an even more brazen prison escape. Yet, despite this seeming penchant for violence, I consoled myself with the notion that I was a saint trapped inside a gangsta’s body, and oddly enough, this wasn’t far from the truth.
By GIBRAN TARIQ4 years ago in Confessions
10 Bad Habits You Should Break
Let’s get this party going. 1. The Appropriate Situation Are you on the lookout for a sign from the universe? Do you need a motivator to get your life moving in the right direction? Too many people put off pursuing their dreams, hoping that the right time will come when everything will fall perfectly into place.
By Claudiu Cozma4 years ago in Confessions
The Panic Attack Juice in a Can
My mental health is very important to me. Especially as a mom of two little children. I usually like to try and walk around wearing my anxiety with a lot of courage. I have struggled my whole life dealing with anxiety. I know it's ruined my life in some ways. Sometimes I just cringe over moments where my anxiety took control of a situation and got the better of me. But that is how life can be like when you struggle with severe anxiety and depression. As a mom, I feel like I have constantly chugged coffee for the last almost four years of my life. Hey, raising kids is no joke, it takes a lot of energy to run around after kids all day. The biggest thing I noticed with my caffeine intake was my anxiety.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹4 years ago in Confessions
Have I lived too long?
Today August 12, 2021, I am seventy-eight years old. Seventy-nine in October. This presents a problem because I am something around forty in my mind. My body is younger, and I still look presentable. Except for the normal aches and pains from injuries and abuse, I have no health complaints. I have a comfortable place to live and no money worries. I don’t work, do more or less as I like, and have few friends by choice. My daughter is independent, secure, and has a brilliant future. She is my only child and relative except for a brother and assorted cousins scattered across America. Really, I have nothing to complain about considering the thousands who are doing it tough because of the pandemic. Still not a day goes by that I don’t reflect that I have lived too long.
By Jack Kregas4 years ago in Confessions
