Author: Dr. Burnout

We may look calm cool and collected on the outside, but decision battles rage on the inside of everyone. You can’t often tell by looking. Sometimes small, sometimes large, only the worst internal battles we fight are the ones that show. These battles may be over mundane things. Should I buy the blue one or…

Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse, things gets worse. Why is that? Why does it sometimes seem bad stuff happens in waves, or in threes, or without let up? The answer is, this is the way our universe operates and it is larger than us. But, the opposite is also true. Good…

Ask most people and they will tell you, no. The ones who do will invariably translate artist to painter or maybe sculptor. I believe everyone is an artist, or can be, because the definition is so much broader than painter or sculptor. I started out in first grade just as everyone else. I was asked…

I have said it before and I will say it again. I have spent too much of my life waiting. Waiting is a form of procrastination. In my case, it wasn’t to avoid work. I have always worked hard at whatever interests me. Rather, for me, it was more of a form of delayed self-actualization…

Throughout our lives we are presented with all types of struggles. Some are relatively benign, such as passing a particularly challenging test. Others may be profoundly impactful, such as a devastating personal loss. One thing is certain, if you were presented with a great struggle and overcame it then you were more than likely better…