Author: Joey
Living a simple but adventure filled life
Is the Ennegram Evil?
There are things in life that if used properly can be used as great tools. Whether to understand others, to …
Trust Parenting: Following Jesus’ Example
How to parent your child is likely one of the most widely discussed topics in the US, and probably the …
Blunt Force Conversation
There are many kinds of personalities as it comes to conversation. Some people would rather die than have any kind …
Beirut Vs. Hiroshima
It’s odd timing as I’ve been listening to a podcast called Destroyer of Worlds, which discusses the rise of the …
Walt
Tonight, I stopped the side of the road to talk to a man who was homeless. I listened to him …
Explosions Around The World
The technology of today has some insane effects on how we perceive news. As almost any person with an electric …
Beautiful Battlegrounds
Something I hadn’t thought about until today was the scenery of some of the battles of history. Places that are …
Is Asking Unanswerable Quetions Pointless?
I’ve mentioned the podcast many times before, but over the last year, I’ve listened to dozens of hours of Dan …
Decisions Without Emotions
I often wonder if there is any possibility that we could handle the Coronavirus situation in a way that, 50 …
Confrontation
As a recovering people-pleaser, confrontation is something that I generally avoid at all costs. However, also being extremely competitive, it’s …
Why Do You Love Friday?
There’s a normal mentality, in the US at least, to hate Monday’s and love Friday’s. I’ve talked before about how …
Uncertain Conversations
Do you think that deer ever get nervous days before they do something? Like they know they’re going to have …
The Secret Life of Stars
When you walk down the grocery aisle at the store, the magazines on the side seem to always be screaming …
Workout Withdrawal
I have quite a few friends who are, or at least seem to be, obsessed with working out. Everything they …
The Peace of a Good Home
As I walked into my parent’s house this evening after being gone all evening, I was hit with a wave …
Reliving the Good Times
When one of your best friends gets married, there’s some weird emotions that go with that. Sadness and happiness perhaps …
The Two Week Respite
“It feels weird not to publish my thoughts.” A sentence I never thought I would say, but something I said …
The Next Two Weeks of Writing
I feel as though I’ve fallen behind in creating content on this blog that provides any real value for the …
The Length Of An Empire
There’s a lot of doom and gloom personalities around these days. In some ways it makes sense. There is certainly …
Packing For A Big Day
It seems like there’s nothing quite like packing for a big trip to bring you to your knees on realizing …
Hometown Feel vs Current Town Feel
Probably more applicable to people who grew up in one place for a lot of their life, but I was …
The Food Prep
Most trips have some less glamorous parts to them, the making a list and shopping for it might be one …
The Great Copper Statue
Have you ever found out interesting facts about famous things that you never would have thought of? Today, while randomly …
Upfront Work
9 times out of 9 if you ask me if I’d rather work 10 hours today or 2 hours for …
Freedom At What Cost?
This weekend, many Americans will celebrate the freedom that they have living in this country. To be sure, it’s a …
The Best Laid Plans
Originally written in my paper notebook due to camping without service. As I woke up this morning in my Hammock, …
Math, Science, And The Virus
Many things about the virus that’s been ravaging the world don’t make sense. Riots around the states that don’t seem …
Clutter In Your Life
You offer someone a ride in your car. You unlock your car. You open the driver-side door about 2 seconds …
I Never Did Anything Wrong Growing Up
Did you ever do anything bad as a child? I’m not talking about trying to kill someone or something insane, …
When Incidental Turns Into Delibrate
There are a lot of things that go on in the background of many societies, clubs, houses, churches, companies, etc, …