BlogHide Resteemssnowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoAcrophobia: Fear of HeightsI never had a fear of heights when I was younger. I didn't really understand mortality either. My brother, Dad, and I used to tromp through the backwoods of Oklahoma and Arkansas, climb trees, hike…snowmachine (64)in psychology • 6 years agoThings to Do When You Feel TerribleDo you feel terrible this week? Read on! My eyes currently look like the dead sea. I've consumed enough iced coffee and puffy cheetos to fill at least 1/16th the stomach of a blue whale. I feel…snowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoA Letter to the ShadowHello again. While I was on the beach in San Diego with my dogs, enjoying the surf and the sunset, you were in the dark woods, near the mouth of the hush place. You laid azaleas at the foot of the…snowmachine (64)in psychology • 6 years agoHow to be GreatHow do you become great? I know one thing for sure: You don't become great by doing nothing. By doing the same things over and over again, in a kind of blunted, cow-eyed repetition. By…snowmachine (64)in writer • 6 years agoHow Could I Possibly Love Me?I hit a vein expecting there to be smoke, instead what came up was gold. And unsure of what I saw, I tried to convince my mind’s eye that it wasn’t anything special. That it only glittered in the…snowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoHow Shadow People Taught Me About CreativityThe phrase “Do one thing every day that scares you,” lifted from Eleanor Roosevelt to populate the fancy boarders of Pinterest memes and personal quotes to live by on OKcupid, is almost laughable.…snowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoYou're Right, I Can't Possibly Understand: On DepressionThe most controversial thing I say is probably that depression is your responsibility to fix. But, what would I know? It's not like I've been standing where you're standing, glass in the back of…snowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoFeelings of ImpermanenceEvery positive change in my life has required a loss. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, we live in a universe where all exchanges require reciprocal physics. Eating dinner is the act of…snowmachine (64)in story • 6 years agoThe Demon or The ShadowAt the time, it seemed like the righteous thing to do. Every bad thing I did, I did in the name of good. I felt justified in cocking my hand back. The rush of anger felt good even. Like a shield and…snowmachine (64)in story • 6 years agoThe Meaning of LifeI remember searching for a gas cap at night on the dark ground in the freezing Oklahoman winter and I remember laying in the dark in a shitty room I'd rented out in an apartment, with a boy with his…snowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoThe Miracle of a Working SocietyPeople always talk about how things are constantly going wrong in their lives. I'm talking about those unknown unknowns that can't be accounted for or anticipated, those things that seem to be the…snowmachine (64)in psychology • 6 years agoDisassociation - What is it?I spent the majority of my life in a disassociative fog. The best example of disassociation I ever found was in Jean Paul Sartre's "Nausea", in which he describes his own hand as a white worm, and…snowmachine (64)in story • 6 years agoThe Inescapable BodyWhen I was very young, I remember standing outside during a tornado warning, and the wind was strong enough that I felt like I was going to blow away. The sky was a deep gray, and trash whirled…snowmachine (64)in story • 6 years agoIsolation and ExistenceAre you patient, are you kind? I would like to be. Many times, I have just been frightened instead. Someone pauses to take a breath. "Hurry up and speak!" I want to scream. I write their sentences…snowmachine (64)in martialarts • 6 years agoGetting my Ass Kicked in Sparring ClassWhen I began to fix my life back in 2016, I decided to divide it into two phases. I won't get into the details here, but the first phase was relearning how to notice reality, be more compassionate…snowmachine (64)in story • 6 years agoBecome More Creative and Productive: Listen To Your BodyI have this romanticized image of what it means to be a productive writer. I’m in a locked room, alone, with the moonlight filtering through a giant window and alighting the spines of ancient tomes…snowmachine (64)in writing • 6 years agoWhat Chaos Teaches UsI spent most of my early 20s in bars and strange houses. I slept on dirty floors in cold rooms and in strange beds surrounded with red mirrors. I’ve stumbled in six-inch platform heels more times…snowmachine (64)in steemit • 6 years agoReturn to Steemit?Hello everyone, it's been a while since we've spoken. I'd like to say I was out fishing for strange, bone-like sea serpents on an infinite lake of mist, but really, I've been sitting at my desk…resteemedwildlocusthoney (49)in giveaway • 6 years agoBook Giveaway!I have been on Steemit for about 4 months and I am enjoying it very much! I just got curated by the big fish for the first time last week and in a few hours I expect to have 15 SP or so, none of…snowmachine (64)in steemit • 6 years agoDiscipline: From Pain to JoyEveryone knows that discipline is required to achieve great success, and also that we all probably need more of it. It’s the secret ingredient that is usually comprised of bitterness and…
