by Austin Alexander | Mar 20, 2016 | Acting, Action, Art, Music, Vice
With SXSW coming to a close, I have been reflecting on music all day. How it’s shaped me, changed me, given me friends, given me family, frustrated me, let me down, and straight up confused me. And, I am looking forward with hope wondering how it will continue...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 17, 2016 | Action, Vice, Work
Not succumbing to the vice of laziness and sloth used to be a real challenge for me. I wanted to do so much, but I was also just plain lazy. So, all of my ideas were worthless because I could never actually take enough action to see them through. In the past year or...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 10, 2016 | Action, body, Time, Vice, Work
I have struggled with being a workaholic on and off since college. It has been much more apparent recently since my workload has increased. Lately, with my day job I have found that I’ve been somewhat disconnected from the work. I have been racking my brain as...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 9, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Conversation, unhealthy, Vice
I’m going to keep this one short, because it’s sort of self-explanatory. If you reiterate to the people around you that you are soooooooo busy all the time, then you’re going to get one of a few results: People will be concerned that you are...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 6, 2016 | Action, Art, Artist, Ego, healthy, Love, Vice
Sometimes rules work best as reminders, so I thought I would phrase this one in the form of a question. For most of my life, I have identified as a night owl. It’s worked to my benefit and detriment. So, lately I have been checking in with myself more often to...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 4, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Habit, healthy, patience, self-esteem, service, Vice
Mental obsession is a tricky thing. I had an acting teacher once say, “if you were driving to Chicago you wouldn’t keep saying over and over every few minutes on the drive there ‘I’m going to Chicago.’, ‘I’m on my way to...
