by Austin Alexander | Apr 12, 2016 | Action, Rest, Risks, sins, Virtues
If you’ve followed along at all up to this point you might be asking…”Why are you writing about the 7 deadly sins? You just said you were going to focus on your virtues! And, now you’re gonna dig into the roots of human vice???” First of all, that’s...
by Austin Alexander | Feb 2, 2016 | Action, body, healthy, Partners, Pursuits, Rest, Sick, Sleep, unhealthy
I’m sick again. My lovely girlfriend is taking me to the doctor right now to find out why. Though going to the doctor is about the last thing I want to do… All day I’ve wanted to slink around in comfortable clothes, nap, eat tasty comfort food, be...
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 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...
by Austin Alexander | Jan 19, 2016 | Action, Artist, Ego, Fear, Habit, healthy, Rest, self, Sleep
This one particularly is for me. I’ve found in the past few weeks it is almost always easier to churn out one of these in the morning. My mind is more fresh, I have fewer things occupying my brain, and I don’t have fatigue working against me. In general,...
by Austin Alexander | Jan 18, 2016 | Anxiety, Ego, faith, Fear, Habit, healthy, Life, meaning, Preparation, Pursuits, Rest, Scary, self-esteem, service, unhealthy
If you don’t like foul language STOP HERE…. Over the past month, I have been having a serious recurring case of the “Fuck It”‘s. And, if you’re wondering, I almost had a case crop up for the blog post today. But, Fuck it, I’m...
