by Austin Alexander | Mar 7, 2019 | Anxiety, Artist, Conversation, Culture
Most of my life people have seen me as outgoing, extroverted, super social. I may have been accused of talking too much more than once–it’s something I still actively work on. I am the guy that friends say, “yeah everywhere we go he seems to know...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 24, 2016 | Art, Culture, Fear, Vice
The Netflix binge to me is one of our generations prime examples of “I want what I want when I want it…now gimme”. Our whole society is based around instant gratification, that’s nothing new. I think the understated issue is that we have become...
by Austin Alexander | Mar 1, 2016 | Artist, body, Culture, Death, Ego, Fear, Scary, unhealthy, Vice
As I said in my rule on refining, I am going to be setting a theme for each month. Last month was love and relationships. As much as I LOVE writing ooey-gooey, #allthefeels, bleeding heart posts about all of the things that love means to me, I am ready to try at a...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 9, 2016 | body, Culture, Ego, Friends, Love, Partners, patience, relationships, Safety
In all honesty, this rule was born out of a mixture of a Gandhi quote and my own impression of the movie “Carol”. However, it’s also a lesson that I have learned throughout the process of being able to embrace “self-love” and what a real...
by Austin Alexander | Jan 23, 2016 | Acting, Action, Art, Artist, Culture, faith, fun, Habit, healthy, meaning, Music, Pursuits, self-esteem
SO, I made this “ambitious” (read slightly absurd) commitment to write around 300-500 words or more per day surrounding a list of self-imposed rules that I also try and make sound a little humorous with very little editing or filtering of my thoughts. In...
by Austin Alexander | Jan 16, 2016 | Action, body, Culture, Ego, Fear, Habit, healthy, humanity, Life, meaning, Museums
I am still trying to wrap my own brain around this idea. I have been struggling with my own understanding of moderation for many years. Most prominently, in the past 14 months as I have been going through the various trials and tribulations of living life in sobriety....
