by Austin Alexander | Feb 10, 2016 | humanity, Love, meaning, Partners
This is at least incredibly true for me. Connect with myself, my world, my higher power, the space around me, and most importantly other people. Sometimes, I get so wrapped up in getting things done that all I do is get things done. Here are the problems with that: I...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 4, 2016 | Acting, Art, Artist, Ego, Fear, Life, Love, meaning, Music, spirit, Work
There are so many different types of love. Love of people, love of things, love of the intangible, love of food, love of love, love of art, love of work. We attribute so much, and so little, meaning to this word. It’s an emotion, a way of life, a code, a noun, a...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 3, 2016 | Action, body, Habit, healthy, Life, meaning, self, self-esteem
Self love started for me with one decision: To cut drinking alcohol out of my life. I had known for years that my drinking habits were holding me back, keeping me numb, limiting my potential, hurting relationships, and, eventually, might lead to more destructive...
by Austin Alexander | Jan 31, 2016 | Acting, Action, Art, Artist, Ego, meaning, Music, Pursuits, Scary, self-esteem, spirit
I recently took a personality test at www.16personalities.com. The results I got were pretty accurate to my daily goings on, the way I handle work, relationships, my own thoughts and feelings, and so on. If you haven’t ever taken a personality test, or if you...
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 21, 2016 | Anxiety, Ego, faith, healthy, humanity, Life, meaning, patience, Planning, Pursuits, Rest, self-esteem, Sleep, spirit
For about 3 weeks now, there has been a bird outside our window that begins incessantly chirping between 6:30 & 6:40 AM. It’s not a cute fluttering type chirping either. It’s a long loud low-pitched chirp. I didn’t realize until this morning that...
