The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Category: Positivity

Blaming “The Other” Is a Distraction

The narrative around “the other” is a bullshit concept. Everyone has bad days. Everyone. All the people you know and don’t know experience shit happening. Nobody on the entire planet lives a life free of pain, challenges, and/or suffering. Nobody. Human beings are unique animals. That’s largely because we can create things that allow us to overcome the environment, limitations of distance, communications, and all sorts of other matters that no other animal can overcome. Whatever you’re reading this on

Recognizing What You Can and Do Control

This is the key to less stress and more empowerment. Many of the ideas in the collective consciousness of the world today are centered around disruption. Lots of people talk about disrupting this, that, or the other thing. Interrupt the pattern, change the status quo, alter the conversation, and the like. Because change is inevitable, and the one and only constant in the Universe, recognizing, acknowledging, and even embracing this idea of disruption can do some amazing things. However, it

You Choose Your Approach All the Time

You’re the only one in your head, heart, and soul. Certain things are true for everyone. Every single person on Planet Earth, in one form or another, wakes up, has a day, goes to sleep, and repeats the next day. Yes, some people sleep for only short spans while others get hours. Some people’s “day” is other people’s “night.” Yet everybody has a time when they are awake, not asleep, and moving through their life. This is where variations begin.

Half The Time To Change Still Feels Too Long

The challenges of living in a quick-fix society. The upside and downside of today’s world is its speed. What took several minutes a century ago is virtually instantaneous now. Food that took hours to cook can be made in minutes. The convenience is astonishing. However, it has also devastated attention spans. People used to accept that things took time way more readily than we do now. We want it instantly, as soon as possible – if not sooner. What’s more,

Be Mindful of Your Outrage

Be outraged, but be mindful of what that means. There is some absolutely bizarre shit happening in the world today. Between the utterly messed up political machine in the US, the Russian oligarchy and Putin, and the ongoing Israel/Palestine debacle, it feels like all reason and sanity have left the building. And maybe it has. Rational, reasonable, multifaceted debate has given way to loud, opinionated, factless shouting. Civil discourse has been replaced by baseless, repetitious, utterly false jingoism and worse.

How Can You Tell When Positivity Is Toxic?

There are lots of signs when it’s not genuine. The concept of positivity has gotten a bad reputation because of toxic positivity. What is toxic positivity? It’s a form of unnatural, forced positivity. It can also be a gross misinterpretation of the concept of the power of positive thinking, the Law of Attraction, and the like. At its core, toxic positivity is the notion of absolute, no-holds-barred, no-other-options positivity. The idea is that an utterly positive attitude, approach, and positioning

It’s There When You Choose to Look For It

You can always find positivity somewhere. Over the past couple of months, I’ve needed to lessen my time on social media. Why? Because there is so much fear, uncertainty, and negativity pervading every channel, it’s difficult not to be left feeling bad. Bear in mind, I am in no way, shape, or form, advocating for putting on blinders, adopting a Pollyanna attitude, or ignoring the shit going down out there. Awareness is important because knowledge is power. What I am

The Simple Positivity of Being

I’m here, you’re here, and that’s a very good thing. If you practice kindness, compassion, and empathy in your life – it’s really challenging right now. The surreal things being done by the US Government, people treating other people as lesser as part of resurgent prejudices, not to mention world affairs – it can feel really hopeless. When you focus on these things far, far outside of your control it’s hard to feel hope. You can do little to nothing,

I’m On The Lookout For My Sanity

You’re the only one who can look out for your sanity. I’m fairly certain that I lost my sanity around my freshman year of college. In fact, I spent an afternoon looking all over the campus for it. This included opening my mailbox and asking if my sanity was there, walking around calling for it like a lost dog, and then a friend said she saw it run off…with her sanity. All kidding aside, it’s increasingly difficult to maintain sanity

You Win in Life by Living Life, No Matter What

You are worthy and deserving of getting the win. A lot of the narrative in the world today is all about the win. You’re a winner or a loser. Take this side, you’re a winner; take that side, you’re a loser. Be like that guy you will win; be like that guy you will lose. This comes with a huge number of false equivalences, outright lies, and distractions. Then, a lot of impressions get made that create unnecessary competition, division,

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