The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
That depends on the choices I make. I am not in a good mood at the moment. There are multiple compounding factors to this. For context, please allow me to lay them out here. I did not sleep well last night. I was having stress-thoughts (dreams? It’s so seldom that I recall dreams). These were about the insane, infuriating state of the nation, the world, my medieval reenactment society, the health and welfare of numerous of my friends, and a
That’s good – knowing your lines empowers you. Everyone has limits of their own making. Lines in the sand that they cannot or will not cross. Some of these are utterly conscious and handpicked. Others are subconscious and not necessarily desirable. Yet, either way, only you know where your lines are. There are many things in your life that you can apply lines to. Often, people cede many of them because they worry about the impression drawing lines will make
Nobody can tell you how to be. Life in 2025 can be thoroughly exhausting. Spend any time at all reading or watching the news, talking to people about current events, and the ongoing assault on basic human decency, and it hits you. The dread, the uncertainty, the disquiet, the unease, and the fear are mind-numbing. For some people, all of this is a distant, far-off abstract. It’s so far enough removed from you and your life that little of what’s
So long as you’re alive and breathing, you can do something. Just when you think the world can’t get any crazier, it does. Before you know it, you read about the latest utterly surreal move on the part of that businessperson, those politicians, that shitgibbon, and so on. It’s distressing, disheartening, upsetting, maddening, and scary. Life is always in flux because change is the one and only constant in the Universe. Yet, most people can only handle so much change
Trying to balance other people’s lives will drive you mad. I’m going to make a statement that you might not like to read, but it’s a true statement. The quest for happiness is seldom the true life quest that anyone undertakes. What does that mean? It means that happiness, in and of itself, is not an end-all be-all matter. Happiness comes and goes, ebbs and flows. Often, something that makes you happy might have an instantaneous impact on you, but
Reveling in the Joy Of Missing Out Currently, I’m reading a book called Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change by April Rinne. Since I’m a firm believer in the truth that change is the one and only constant in the universe, a book about the nature of change (or, as the book addresses it, flux) speaks to me. Also, employing it to thrive is very much in line with my values and beliefs. As I was reading this
Pause, reflect, and consider before you try again. Probably my all-time favorite quote is from Yoda: “Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.” What this means is not that you shouldn’t try something, but rather that the energy you give to that something must be whole-hearted. If you approach the thing you plan to “try” with resignation, defeat, and no expectation of making it happen, why bother? But if, instead, you approach the thing you plan to
The choices and decisions all belong to you. The world is crazy. Spend any time reading the news, scrolling social media, or even walking around any given neighborhood, and the uncertainty, fear, and constant reminders of division/separation feel like they dominate everything. The narrative of the collective consciousness, if you are at all attuned, feels unnecessarily dark. It feels like people are rejecting kindness, compassion, and empathy en masse. Messages about how they make you weak and unworthy are screamed
You choose how you approach things after you’ve made a mistake. I totally fucked up. All the formatting was done, my next book had been uploaded to multiple sources. It was available for pre-order. I had the audiobook submitted for approval. Ads were being run. And yet, I made a mistake. I thought I’d uploaded the final proof to Amazon. Apparently, I did not. The preorder was cancelled. After an initial panic, I did my best to work out what
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
