Don’t Make These Mistakes: Surprising Reasons Today’s DIY Projects Could Cost You Tomorrow
Know the value of your time In my mid-30’s, I became obsessed with DIY projects. I loved figuring out how to build or repair anything I wanted to. My journey started with building a few cigar box guitars but quickly escalated into larger-scale woodworking projects. Within a couple of years, I built numerous projects, including […]
These Didn’t Help: 3 Unsupportive Things People Told Me During My Brain Cancer Battle
You may want to avoid these if you’re trying to support someone with cancer I remember standing at the computer trying to focus. Trying to breathe. Trying to find the strength to survive the next second. I was staring at a screen displaying two side-by-side MRI images, one showing the lesion from one month ago […]
Why Don’t You Mind Your Own Business?
Ways (other than violence) to handle unsolicited advice We all love to solve problems. Who doesn’t love to come up with the perfect solution to an issue? Some of us believe we are especially gifted at identifying the solutions to other people’s problems. Heck, I used to do it a lot. For the longest time, […]
My Brain Tumor was a Great Teacher
Learning life’s most powerful lessons from its most painful circumstances Halloween day, 2021. Driving through the beautifully desolate Sandhills of Nebraska, I worked my way home from a show with my band the night before. The weekend wannabe rock star lifestyle can be pretty tiring. I was feeling it that lonely morning on the high […]