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 16, 2016 | Death, Habit, healthy, Life, Love, nature, Preparation, Sleep
I never would have expected to love the watching the sunrise as much as I do at this point in my life. In the past, I have taken advantage of any and every opportunity to sleep in. So much so that seeing the sunrise used to only be associated with pulling all nighters...
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 27, 2016 | Acting, Action, Anxiety, Art, Artist, Conversation, Ego, faith, Fear, fun, Habit, healthy, Life, patience, Preparation, Pursuits, Rest
I’m not always sure where I’m going, but I have to trust that I am going somewhere. There are many times, recently it’s been a lot more frequent, when I just want to make these incredibly extreme changes. Just sort of dig my heels into the dirt, or...
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...
