by Austin Alexander | Sep 12, 2018 | Anxiety, Fear, Life
I can’t smoke your weed My ego won’t let me. You’ve never had to compensate for anything real. You’re so bland and beautiful. I want the real thing No more smoke screens You’re trying to smash a spider with a sledgehammer. A life of chaos...
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...
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...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 14, 2016 | Life, meaning, patience, Pursuits, self-esteem, Vice
I still frequently suffer from this vice. As a kid, I really wanted to be cool. I had no earthly idea how to actually do that though. Much of my childhood and young teenage years were a series of terribly awkward and misguided attempts at achieving this goal. And, I...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 29, 2016 | humanity, Life, Love, meaning, nature, Planning, Time
Of course, I would pick the year that has 366 days in it to write a daily blog for the first time. I have always made things a little more challenging for myself than they need to be. I’m working on this aspect of my personality. Work smart, not hard. That comes...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 27, 2016 | faith, Family, Friends, humanity, Life, Love, Partners, Personal, relationships
I’m winding down to the end of this “love” month. Next month’s theme is going to dive in to the darker side of things. So, I thought I would take this fine Saturday to write about the tangential side, opposite side, or complete absence of love...
