You commented. Yet again! Do you enjoy watching the sheep go nuts while you stir the pot? Years ago, our little tour group disembarked at a super-scenic spot. I wandered over to a commemorative bench, the type that people erect…
Most People Aren’t Stuck Because They Lack Answers | RSS.com Episode 1 is live. Audio fragments on language, mental health, and the notes I’ve taken along the way. No host voice, no outro music, no five-star-review begging. Just the stuff.
I was in a crowd. We were being herded like sheep. Maybe not. Maybe sheep got better treatment. I remember military intake with a clarity I wish I had for the rest of my life. Funny how the moments that…
I once wrote about my disappointment with the chrome-polished platitudes on LinkedIn, the shiny universal “truths” recycled inside an echo chamber where everyone nods at everything. Eventually I nuked my old account. Deleted years of baggage, years of pretending, years…
Have you ever contemplated suicide? Not planned it, not obsessed over it, but contemplated it? Do you often label yourself as “lost,” or “broken?” How “lonely” are you? Sunday mornings, do they become dreaded signposts, informing you that anxiety will…
You don’t need to believe in anything to be here. Not hope. Not healing. Not even yourself. Mattlr.com: This isn’t a shrine to self-improvement. This is a field tent. Mud on the floor. Bandages are everywhere. Masks serve no purpose…
Some finally reach the Guru at the top of the mountain. Drained, almost dying, only to hear, “Sorry, Guru Services are closed due to heavy snowfall. Or, merch is now available in all T-shirt sizes. Buy some. The Guru now…
What do you see when you look at the photograph? Chances are, you thought, “Wow, such a beautiful young woman. Some people just get it all.” And then you hear she passed away at the age of 21, after an…
His temples were a mass of bulging veins, merging with the deep furrows of his perennial frown. Corporal Rockjaw couldn’t break us. Platoon 4 prevailed. I was a conscript, choosing service over jail for non-compliance. Rockjaw was so tough, you…
We’re drowning in knowledge. Or at least, in performed, dramatized opinion. Humans manufacture “expertise” 24/7: opinion posts, hot takes, fireside chats, restaurant reviews, movie dissections. We churn them out, always after the fact. Something happens, and within hours the world…