Tag: life
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A Half-Hour Lesson in Flow: From Frustration to Connection on a Tech Support Call
Last week I found myself on a thirty-minute call with a tech support agent based in Egypt, trying to untangle a stubborn internet connection issue. I started the conversation irritated—wife upset, Wi-Fi dropping at the worst possible moment, and a persistent issue that randomly happened in the evenings. My tone was clipped, my patience thin.…
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The Piercing and the Return
Seven years. That’s how long I had been lost to myself. Seven years of wearing someone else’s life like an ill-fitting suit: polite smiles, muted opinions, a voice that apologized for existing. I had old friend groups that remembered the version 1.0 of me, the loud, weird, fearless kid who quoted Chuang Tzu between shots…
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Thanks, Pain, and the Slow Mountain
Thanksgiving is almost here, and my body is falling apart. Perfect timing. This year the arthritis in my neck wakes me at 3 a.m. like a landlord collecting late rent. The left knee clicks when I climb stairs. My lower back has filed an official grievance. I’m not old—not yet—but I’m definitely in the foothills…
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Reflecting on my previous post, I see the extremes in life growing ever wider. This week’s shooting—a catalyst—will send shock-waves that neither the left nor the right can fully grasp. Commentary suggests this is a crystallizing event, shattering the extremes we once knew and pushing them further apart. The left calls for punching more “Nazis”;…
The Half-assed Taoist 