Are you getting everything you can out of this life?
A self-less, feel-good blog about love, life, and work by career coach and existential adventurer, Cliff Flamer
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I talked to a recovered meth addict, 8 years clean, who said he went cold turkey after 3 months of non-stop use. I had to ask how he did it when so many others struggle to quit, step into the abyss with their eyes wide open.
His answer surprised me. He said: “I … Read more...
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These past 2 weeks have been totally different. Molly’s out traveling through the jungles of Japan with Evaline, our oldest, and I’ve been single-parenting Hazel, our youngest. I stayed home so that Molly and Evs could travel without a clock, without havi… Read more...
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There’s this thing called a Personality Disorder which describes people with very little or no empathy who only think of themselves, need to be the center of attention, and put little focus on sustaining relationships unless they benefit from them directly.
Alth… Read more...
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All the books, all the podcasts, they’ll tell you the different ways you can improve, strategies to make yourself become truly alive. So much emphasis on striving, not settling for less than the moon and the rocket ship, when so many of us are just barely getti… Read more...
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I have a little tickle in my throat, a wheeze in my breath, and I’m pretty stoked.
Here’s why.
Today’s been a down day full of defeated rants and negative self-talk. (Yes, even us die-hard optimists go there!) Things seem insurmountable, everything o… Read more...
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It’s sad, indeed.
As you sit on your sunny mountaintop, back and knees sore, you look down at the traffic in the valley. From up here, you can see everything, even the things the drivers can’t see, like those dark clouds on the horizon and the winds picki… Read more...
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Here’s a little test for you.
When you’re away from work and wrapped up in something else, the next time your email notification sound goes off on your phone, stop and notice what happens to you. What emotion pops up?
Anxiety? Joy? Wonder? Dread? Resentment?… Read more...
I can’t live without you.
A refrain echoed in the heart’s of anyone who has loved past their limits.
But isn’t this untrue? It’s quite the opposite really: I love you so hard, you make me want to live.
Fiery red love – and not just romantic love, a lov… Read more...
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We’ve had rats. It’s been an adventure. I’ll leave it at that.
Anyone who’s had rats knows that scratching sound in the walls, a tiny little noise that makes you want to open up the wall with an ax or burn the whole friggin’ house down.
Thi… Read more...
9am the 2nd Wednesday of the month. And you know what that means!
Everyone up and down Mira Vista Ave has to move their cars to the other side of the street to make way for the street sweeper.
It’d be entertaining to watch a time-elapsed video of all the people, in robes, wit… Read more...