There are 7 entries related to the tag “age”
Why can't we just be honest?
More often than not, whenever someone asks me how I'm doing I usually say "Pretty good", without much thought. A uncommitted, unengaging safe reply. I'm neither great, nor horrible. Several years ago I began wondering what would happen if I answered honestly, fully, with how I was honestly doing? "I'm ...
Thoughts on getting older
Its hard not to measure your life by the things you've accomplished (and not accomplished), to look at your failures and think that without those perhaps you'd be this or have that. I don't know what I'll be doing in a year, let alone 5 years from now — hell, ...
Distractions: Opening Ceremonies Edition
You know the drill by now. Get up in it. My Name is Mitchell; welcome to my study. Let's see what I've found in my study drawers.. Seems the fake weird creepy guy humor has played itself out, ...
Sorrow is better than laughter
Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. Ecclesiastes 7:3 I've never been able to understand that verse, but it always comes to me when something tragic happens in our life. Yesterday we received more bad news in our family, that our baby was no ...
So you want your money?
Since reporting my woe's with getting payment from a client there were some requests about how I've dealt with the whole situation; mainly collection agencies. I'm no expert -- on almost anything -- but I've lived through quite a bit and this was my first serious "negotiation" (i.e. pissing match) with ...
And so it begins
These things happen so I hear, but its not happened to me in my 5 or so years of working as my "company of one" -- a client has refused to pay. Mind you, its not a first time client but a client I've done numerous work for since I ...
36 Reasons To Be Happy To Be Turning 36 Years Old
My Wife. I'd be a bastard if I didn't start there. I know my wife well. The idiosyncrasies. The hurts. The passions. I'm not naive, and we're not perfect; but there couldn't be a better companion for me in the world. My kids. I'm a husband and a father -- my ...