What I Did In Thirty Years

by | Sep 19, 2024 | THOUGHTS

Feel everything. Observe everything. Talk. Walk. Learn. Say nothing at all when what I want to say isn’t very nice. Say what I mean, and mean what I say. Put on a show, and be the star of it too. Say something different when what I want to say isn’t very nice. Go as...

Things I think about before I go to bed.

by | Mar 29, 2024 | THOUGHTS

Paul-isms: Things I think about before I go to bed… It’s more fun to be curious about what other people do differently than it is to be judgmental. Try listening to someone you completely disagree with without speaking or reacting. Ask questions after they...

You don’t receive love by trying to attract it.

by | Mar 29, 2024 | THOUGHTS

You don’t receive love by trying to attract it. It doesn’t come with a new outfit, a new haircut, a new fancy job or car, a revision to the text you were about to send, or a selfie posted to your social media. If you keep thinking that way, you’re...

‘Red’ is my favorite Taylor Swift song.

by | Mar 29, 2024 | THOUGHTS

“Red” (2012/2021) — This is my favorite Taylor Swift song. It shows us the emotional roller coaster of love and loss, like many of her songs do so well. But this song takes it a step further by illustrating how some parts of that roller coaster are so intimate and so...

Healing through experience.

by | Mar 29, 2024 | THOUGHTS

In the moments where you’ve dealt with something painful or upsetting, did you ever have a moment where it all just clicked in your head? Like, you spent so much time worrying or feeling confused or just wasn’t able to make sense of a situation…And...

I will never be a perfect man.

by | Aug 1, 2023 | THOUGHTS

I have somewhat-heartbrokenly accepted the fact that I will never be a perfect man. But I try my best everyday to be a good man. To protect and provide my family and friends. To rely on myself. To have courage and independence and strength. To accept others without...