Make Your Own Change

I composed a short voice montage discussing what the problem with the world is. It’s only 1 minute and 16 seconds long so just give it a listen.

Feel free to discuss your thoughts in the comments.

Maybe your boyfriend (or girlfriend) just broke up with you. Or worse, your spouse left you. You lost your job. Or your house. Trying to quit smoking is killing you.
First of all, I want to say that I am sorry about whatever it is that makes life seem completely pointless, or whatever is that makes [...]

Imagine if everyone picked up after themselves. Imagine if everyone pulled their own weight as much as they could, and helped others at every opportunity they had. Imagine a friendly community where you know the people you see at the coffee shop every day. Maybe you live in a place you can truly call a [...]

Ah, the oh-so-common complaint is that life isn’t all that we want it to be. It’s too boring, it’s not interesting, we’re stuck in a rut. Why do you think that is?
Because, by choosing to do nothing about it, you are choosing to let life be boring. When you decide not to ever take risks, [...]

Believe it or not, what you eat changes how you feel about things. If you want to feel good more often, eating well will be a huge step in making that happen.
Now, I believe in making healthy and happy habits work for your lifestyle. Making the move from unhealthy habits to healthy habits is a [...]

It is my belief that your attitude will make or break how happy and successful you will be in life. Why do I think this to be true? Because it makes sense when you think about it.
If you approach life with the mentality that you will fail, that you aren’t good enough, and that nothing [...]

Sometimes, in order to feel inspired for life, we need to try something new. Even if it’s not new, something that is not in the usual routine. So here’s a challenge: do something new this weekend!
Think outside the box here – if you have a bit of cash, you could go for something thrilling like [...]

Music speaks to me loudly quite often. There’s a great song by the band Superchic[k] called “We Live”, and it talks about living every moment like you could die at any minute.
I encourage you to give it a listen and take it to heart.

This is a saying I grew up hearing from my mom: Hope for the best, plan for the worst. This has stuck with me for years. If you really think about it, this is a great mental attitude to have about life. What better way to live than with hope and preparedness?
The beginning of the [...]

Curiosity is a strange motivator. It makes us do strange things at times. Sometimes, the strange things curiosity makes us do gets us into trouble. At the same time, who would want to live without curiosity?
Curiosity fuels our desire for knowledge. We learn because we want to know, we want answers to our questions. If [...]