lifeinflux

A very merry un-aversary

Eleven years ago, Jason and I got hitched for better or worse in the Hillsborough courthouse in front of a jail cell by one Mr. Cleatus A. Marmaduke III.   He had bug eyes, wore a blue and white checked polyester suit and moved and talked like he existed in a vat of molasses (pronounced MOE-lasses for you uninitiated).    One of our witnesses made the comment that the setting and the justice of the peace looked like something out of a bad Southern movie you'd find on Lifetime.   I was roughly th...

Setting goals or boy, would I like to sleep in this Saturday morning…

Throughout my life I've set rather lofty goals for myself.  Usually, I achieve my goals at huge personal sacrifice to myself or to other things going on in my life.  Or I don't achieve my goals because I am overwhelmed and burned out from trying to accomplish too much, all at once.   Recently, I read a great article by Paul Norwine.  To summarize, he says that rather than setting a series of goals, you should narrow your focus and concentrate on specific goals, one at a time.  This allows you to...

Security or lack thereof

I woke up this morning around 6 AM from a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad dream. My stress always manifests itself through my dreams.  If I am feeling unsure, insecure, a little nervous or downright stressed  or scared, I'll dream about it.   I've had enough bad dreams in my life to know and understand most things which are represented in my dreams. Relationship indecision always appears as snakes.    Client issues find me swimming in an ocean filled with sharks, alone with no boat in sig...