I Have No Idea What I'm Doing.

My pal Ashley posted this article on FB regarding how we ("we" being anyone with an ounce of self worth or self respect) should be handling relationships, romantic or otherwise. It was so well written and on point that I figured I'd just post a link to it here (and also copy and past it so that my post doesn't look so empty). I take no credit for this, it was written by the brilliant Mark Manson . Take a minute to read this and see if maybe there aren't some behaviors of your own that you could modify to better serve your own relationships (I know I sure as shit could...)   Think about this for a moment: Why would you ever choose to be with someone who is not excited to be with you?  There’s a grey area in dating many people get hung up on — a grey area where feelings are ambiguous or one person has stronger feelings than the other. This grey area causes real, tangible issues. As a man, a huge question is often whether to be persistent and continue pu...

   I spent most weekends during February 7-June 7, 2015 training with a well-known YogaWorks yoga teacher named Carolina Goldberg to complete my 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training and become a certified yoga teacher myself. I had been practicing yoga consistently for about 2 1/2 years at that point and had a previous revelation about my purpose in life whilst having a quarter-life crisis regarding "what i wanted to be when i grew up."    Anyway, I had a rough end to my summer upon the realization that none of my close friends live close to me anymore. I was desperate for friendship and attention and fell off the wagon with my physical and mental health. I was basically on a bender of bad choices for August-September. I was having a good time and I thought I was happy but what I didn't realize was I was backsliding into old familiar, unhealthy territory, all in the wake of what was arguably the most healthy and admirable thing I've done in my life. I'm still trying to ...