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Rule 101: Change the rules. Revise Refresh Restart.

Rule 101: Change the rules. Revise Refresh Restart.

by Austin Alexander | Aug 25, 2016 | Action, Conversation, Ego, Fear, healthy

I have wanted to start writing on this blog again since I stopped, but I’ve let a lot of things get in my way. Mostly myself. I created an endless string of reasons to procrastinate including: Why I shouldn’t restart Why I needed to wait I would have to...
Rule 100: Pride is a double-edged sword. People literally live and die for it. Tread carefully.

Rule 100: Pride is a double-edged sword. People literally live and die for it. Tread carefully.

by Austin Alexander | May 2, 2016 | Ego, sins, Virtues

“The negative version of Pride (Latin, superbia), which is also known as hubris (from ancient Greek ὕβρις), or futility,is considered, on almost every list, the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins: the source of the others. It is identified as...
Rule 92: Talk good ’bout yourself…

Rule 92: Talk good ’bout yourself…

by Austin Alexander | Apr 2, 2016 | Ego, Habit, healthy, Risks, Scary, self, self-esteem, spirit, Time, Virtues

Last month was all about my vices. And, I honestly could probably keep going for another month or three just getting down on all the things that I overindulge in, do wrong, fail at repeatedly, think badly of myself, and on and on. The point is: I have no problem...
Rule 88: Don’t lean too hard on any one thing to keep you balanced and level… Physics don’t work that way

Rule 88: Don’t lean too hard on any one thing to keep you balanced and level… Physics don’t work that way

by Austin Alexander | Mar 29, 2016 | Anxiety, Ego, faith, Fear, Life, Time, Vice

Vices come in all forms. Substances, people, things, and attitudes. Having an obsession over something that provides you with temporary relief is a very subtle foe to combat. I’ve realized with a little time in sobriety, the subtlety of obsessing can be a deep and...
Rule 86: Crippling Self Doubt… I know I wanna leave you, but you refuse to let me go…

Rule 86: Crippling Self Doubt… I know I wanna leave you, but you refuse to let me go…

by Austin Alexander | Mar 26, 2016 | Ego, Fear, humanity, Life, Vice

Crippling self doubt has not just plagued me, I have repeatedly indulged in it. It is a place of self-deprecatory comfort. I take solace in believing that I’ll fail. Why? Because it’s easier to believe I won’t succeed, and follow through with...
Rule 83: SLEEP! I love you…sometimes a little too much.

Rule 83: SLEEP! I love you…sometimes a little too much.

by Austin Alexander | Mar 23, 2016 | Dream, Ego, Family, Friends, Sleep, Vice

The god damned snooze button. That is my morning vice. Not every morning, but more often than I’d like to admit. It never helps, but it always feels like it will. Just 10 more minutes, 5, 4, 2, 30 seconds. Any little sliver of more sleep, so I don’t have...
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