by Austin Alexander | Mar 3, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Conversation, Ego, Planning, self, Time, Vice
I got in a habit for a good portion of my early twenties of hearing anything resembling a rule and automatically thinking “Fuck You”. I don’t want to do that. I’m not going to listen to you. You don’t know what you’re talking about....
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 21, 2016 | healthy, Home, humanity, Life, Love, Partners, patience, Planning, Preparation, Travel
The last hour of our drive back to Austin yesterday, I remembered how much I love this city and calling it home. Driving back in I started to feel the excited anticipation to see our home again. It’s the same feeling I would get as a kid coming home from a long...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 20, 2016 | Art, Artist, humanity, Love, meaning, Museums, nature, Planning, Preparation
Nearly every morning of this trip, I have woken up before the sunrise. When we were driving out here, I started to notice this calm that came over me. It was like someone had suddenly released the string that was gently squeezing my brain tighter each day. Getting up...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 1, 2016 | Action, Art, Conversation, faith, fun, Love, patience, Planning, Preparation, Pursuits
In contemplating how to continue my daily rule blog, I considered a lot of things: Changing the frequency of which I blog Stopping altogether Simplifying my process Lowering the word count that I gave myself LOTS of other things… I decided to refine the purpose...
by Austin Alexander | Jan 22, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Art, Artist, Ego, faith, Fear, Habit, healthy, patience, Planning, Preparation, self-esteem
Does this stressful pattern sound familiar? Think about things you need to finish Feel Anxious Procrastinate Distract Yourself with some easy to accomplish task Think about things you need to finish again Be completely gripped with anxiety Pace around for a bit Maybe...
