Dear Journal, We do the same things all the time, these routines that define us, that label us for all time. If we were to die today they would follow us forever. When was the last time I changed it up? When was the last time I did something different, unique and new just for … Continue reading Dear Journal: Monotony
Dear Journal, How come everybody is always in a godawful rush to get places, to do things, or to meet people? It seems like some days we are all ships passing in a narrow waterway, not quite brushing each other but close enough to see the whites of each other’s eyes. Then we’re gone, and … Continue reading Dear Journal: Tis the Season
Dear Journal, Honestly, I should be more patient than I am. I mean, I used to be more patient when I was younger. Either that or I just didn’t want to make waves so I pretended. Yeah, I was really good at pretending back then, and not so much now. Perhaps getting older cuts through … Continue reading Dear Journal: A Little Patience
Dear Journal, Why am I always so competitive? I’m not even really sure where it came from, but I have always had the urge to win. Something about winning being the only thing. And I have been accused many times of being a sore loser, although I have worked awfully hard on my “gracious loser … Continue reading Dear Journal: On Winning
Dear Journal, Before I met her my longest previous relationship was three years, and during two and a half years of that one it was like a nuclear warhead. I guess I should have quit while I was (slightly) ahead, but that’s altogether a different story for a different time. The point being that I … Continue reading Dear Journal: About a Girl
Dear Journal, I was working today when someone came up to me and said how happy I always seemed. She said I must have just started working there if I was really still so positive, and she was absolutely flummoxed when I told her I had worked on and off there for 12 years. How … Continue reading Dear Journal: Trouble Me
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