Wanzology

How does one actually 'know' they are sure of something? We tend to more often than not, make our best educated guess, why is that?  How do you become 'sure' of something?

Do you have a group or clique you hang out with? A gaming group, book club, perhaps?  If you don't have a 'tribe' you hang with, why don't you? 

What is independence? Because we can be reliant on so many things, and we should be reliant on some things, but there are other things that we should be independent of. There are some people we should be independent of.

Who is that one person you feel you can tell everything to?  Don't have someone like that?  Why not???

After attending a celebration of life for an old friend, I started thinking of life as a race that he had completed.  Then I started thinking about the different 'things' I did in a day.  I considered each to be its own race.  What happened next?

There's a lot going on in America right now.  There may come a time where you may face a 'flip of a coin' moment and you'll have to choose heads, or tails.  Are you ready?

Fear Of Missing Out is a 'thing'.  With the vacation season going into high gear, social media is going to be 'bizzy' showing you in far off places, smiling from ear to ear.  It seems simple to remind yourself of how unique you are, but sometimes, that doesn't work.

News Flash!!! Reality is life, life is circumstantial and circumstances are one of the most important things we all experience.  Doesn't it always seem like everyone has solved all the life mysteries you seem to never get?  Be of good cheer!!! Those 'others' are most than likely only showing you what they 'think' you want to see. The reality is...

How much pepper can you take on your pasta?  How long can you take driving behind someone going way less than the speed limit?  How far will you go to make the point someone has gone too far and hurt your feelings or ticked you off?  How do determine your boundaries?  

Ever take notice of how many decisions we make in a short amount of time?  Every decision has a consequence. Do you pay attention to the outcome of every single decision?  Die and make decisions, those are the only two things we 'have' to do.

Life isn't supposed to be hard.  Ever stop to think you might be making it hard?  Maybe it's you who's trying to 'ice skate' uphill...

We don't realize often enough what it takes to get from then to now, from here to there.  Your determination is the key!

I recently went to a good friend's wake.  I wanted to share some of my perspectives on death and dying.  Doesn't matter if you're religious, spiritual or otherwise, one thing we all have in common, no one gets out of 'this' alive.

With all that goes on in this world, do you ever feel like it's completely overwhelming to exist here?  This episode proposes another way of perceiving the world and what you are able to do next.

Does life sometimes feel like it's swirling around you with the force of a tornado? You've tried to 'manage' tasks but have been unsuccessful?  This episode might give you a tool to help slow if not stop the swirling.

With all that is going on in the world, this country and your life, do you ever feel tense?  Overwhelmed? Spun up?  Maybe this episode can help you figure out some things.

Ever felt like everything in your life is against you?  Just when you think things couldn't get worse, they do? It can be a bit debilitating.  This episode has a couple of suggestions to get you 'outta that rut'!

Do you know the difference between feeling alone versus feeling lonely?  I woke up this morning with the dilemma of distinguishing one from the other.  Once I understood that my loneliness was dependent on someone or something on the outside of myself, my perspective on both changed.

I've said before, life is an 'inside job'.  Meaning, one has to understand one's self the best they can in order to realize why they do some of the things they do.

Ever feel like you're walking through a pool of molasses? Life just 'drags' on and on and on?  It doesn't feel like you're 'trudging' the happy road of destiny now does it?  Here's a tool that may help lighten the load you 'trudge' with...

Uncertainty.  The crossroads of decision.  Have you had to make this particular decision before?  What were the results of your last decision?  Don't get worked up if you feel anxiety from indecision and uncertainty, the odds are very good, you've made a decision about something like 'this' before.

Ever wonder about 'it'?  The 'it' you're doing or have done?  What 'it' WILL you be into later???  At any given time in our lives, we are in some type of 'it'.  Don't understand?  This episode may help you get 'it'.

Feeling overwhelmed is nothing more than your brain overloading what it thinks you're capable of. Too many things, not enough time. Too many hands, too many plates to keep in the air.  How can you dial back that feeling??

Does it seem like your life isn't going anywhere?  Like, all you do is the same things day after day after day?  Monotony can sneak into anyone's life.  Here's how I recognize and defeat it.

With this latest inauguration, there are so many questions I have that have no answers.  I just had to vent a little bit about it.  If you're not, nor want to be political, pass on this episode.