The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Category: Pathwalking

I’m Sorry – Yes, I F#*ked Up! Guess Who Is Beating Me Up the Most?

Spoiler alert – it’s me. A few months back, in an attempt to offer a friend some encouraging perspective – I did exactly the opposite. I totally fucked up, caused my friend anxiety, self-doubt, and a host of other unpleasantness utterly the opposite of the intent of my words. Immediately after, I was informed that I messed this up by a mutual friend. I apologized and explained my reasoning. Now, months later, I learn it was so bad that it

It’s Okay (And Normal) Not to Be Mindful All the Time

Nobody can be anything all the time. Please allow me to make this blanket statement: The one and only constant in the entire Universe is change. You have experienced change in your life before – and you will experience it again. The child you were, the teen you became, and the adult you (probably) are now represent change in you and your life. Some elements, beliefs, values, and habits might be the same or similar. But they’ve still come up

Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

This is a new and fascinating challenge. Walking my own talk isn’t easy. Despite being a champion for mindfulness, conscious reality creation, and sharing my Pathwalking philosophy every week – I’m not always good at practicing what I share. There are all sorts of reasons behind this. Please note – I am making no excuses here. This is an honest evaluation of how I don’t always walk my talk. I can be easily distracted. I know ADHD is a serious

Sometimes You Truly Need a Change of Perspective

Your point of view – no matter how broad you think it – is restrictive. I pride myself on my ability to regularly see all sides of a given argument. Even if I vehemently disagree with the other side – I can still see it. My side, their side, and sometimes even the absolute between or apart from both is evident. However, it’s come to my attention that, even if I can see more than one side to a given

It Goes Well Until It Feels Like It Stops Going Well

Everyone experiences this and has choices for what to do with it. Things have, despite a lot of craziness outside of my control, been going well of late. I’ve been in therapy again and getting a lot out of it, feeling good about who I am and where I’m going, and it’s all been feeling like it’s steadily improving. Today, I hit a wall. To be fair, there were some extenuating circumstances. Yesterday morning I stepped on the scale for

I Didn’t Know I Could Do Something for 600 Weeks and Counting

But here we are. Welcome to Pathwalking 600. Just before New Year’s Eve at the end of 2011, I decided that rather than make a flabby, easily ignored, or disregarded resolution – instead, I’d take a New Year’s Action. That action would be to blog at least once a week, every week. Pathwalking was born. My life philosophy would be placed on Wednesdays, and I would write a new article and post it every week. That was now just over

Combatting What Steven Pressfield Calls Resistance

Resistance is a force that presents itself as multiple obstacles on a given path. One of the most poignant books I’ve read (listened to) is Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art. In it, the author goes through the pitfalls of the creative process – and the ongoing battle to produce your work. I relisten to this book at least once a year, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. The main issue is what he calls “Resistance”. Resistance is a

Please Stop Being Complacent With Your Life

Complacency leads to losing awareness and control. Despite numerous messages to the contrary, you control your life. What does complacent mean? In this context, it’s losing touch with/awareness of yourself, due to a sense of comfort and satisfaction that everything is as it should be. And maybe it is. For a while. But inevitably, it won’t be. Comfort zones cease being comfortable and familiar. That sense of satisfaction stops feeling satisfying because of tangibles, intangibles, or both. Why? Because of

Knowing You Will Die, Why Won’t You Choose to Live?

Death is inevitable. Why would you neglect to choose to live while you are here? There is a major difference between simply existing and living. Existing is easy and can be done by rote and routine. You go about your days following the same patterns and behaviors, taking little to no joy in life and putting things off for tomorrow, after you lose 50 pounds, after your kids go to college, retirement, or some other forthcoming marker. A marker that

Does Resolving BS from the Past In the Present Help Your Future?

To be here now, in the present, and work towards the future, sometimes resolving your past is a must. Everyone has a past. Checkered, sordid, amazing, awful – all the above. Nobody who lives today is without a past (save newborns). Lots of people dwell on the past. Many have a deep desire to return to it. Or rather, to return to a past that never truly existed, save in their unique memory of it. That’s where nostalgia comes in.

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