Category: Life
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Stop holding it all in
(Mental note to self-it does not help you to hold in your emotions. You know this. You have learned this lesson repeatedly over the last three or so years. Just stop already!) I woke up yesterday and right away I knew I wasn’t feeling like myself. Something was off. I was cranky but for no…
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Myers-Briggs, 16 personalities, whatever
So I’ve taken this test like 100 times and every single time I get a different personality type that doesn’t actually fit very well. A friend shared results on social media and I took the test a few days ago and got yet another unfitting result. Then my wife said she took it and so…
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May 30, 2007
Sangin, Helmand province, near the Kajaki Dam…one Chinook helicopter is shot down, supposedly by multiple rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). I was there, 30K+ feet above it all. We moved to assist the recovery operations. The helicopter had been on fire when it crashed so there were definitely no survivors. Then there was an ambush on the…
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Unpopular Opinion
I saw Dear Evan Hansen last Saturday. I knew it won a bunch of Tony Awards. I knew it was well loved and very popular. And I did not like it. I loved parts of it, I must admit. There were some great songs. The acting was really good but the characters weren’t as developed…
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Daily Prompt 5/26/23
I also want to say that I have no possessions that matter as much as the people and pets in my house. But that’s inaccurate. There are a few things that I wouldn’t want to lose, like my computer with all of my writing from the past 2.5 years. I also wouldn’t want to lose…
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Not Today
For the first time in weeks, I have nothing I HAVE to do today. No appointments, no commitments, no soccer practice, nothing to do outside of my house. What a wonderful gift of a day. May has always been hectic because it’s the end of the school year where I’ve lived since I had kids.…
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Daily Prompt 5/22/23
Yes-two bones in two different incidents. The first was a bone in my ankle. I was running with the kids in the backyard and stepped into a hole where a tree had been recently removed. It was mostly filled, but the filler dirt had settled, leaving a small three inch ditch. I wasn’t wearing socks…
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Daily Prompt 5/21/23
This prompt is funny to me because I don’t work fully. So there’s not a ton of balance that I need to do between work and home life. But in the past, I could not balance work and home life. My work life always had the potential to completely disrupt my home life and there…
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Daily Prompt 5/20/23
I have sacrificed the best years of my life, my sanity, my health, my fitness, time with my kids, relationships with friends, and so many other things. Military life is all about sacrifice, but so is being raise as a people pleaser. You sacrifice your own happiness for everyone else’s comfort. It’s exhausting and never…
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OCD
I have a lot of issues with the way Hollywood portrays Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It doesn’t look the same for everyone. It’s not always about obsessive cleaning and organizing. It’s so much more complicated than a ton of stupid rituals or constant checking on things you know you’re supposed to do like lock the door…
Zander's Inside Voice 