Daily Prompt
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Why My Ideal Dinner Guest Is a Human Tornado
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite? If I could host a dinner and anyone I invited was guaranteed to show up? Oh, hands down—I’m inviting Gary freaking Busey. Yeah, I know, I could go with some deep, philosophical figure or a music legend…
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Better with Age (But Definitely Not My Knees)
What do you think gets better with age? You know what gets better with age? Some stuff. Not everything—let’s get that out of the way first. Knees? Garbage. My back? Sounds like a bowl of Rice Krispies every morning. My ability to sleep through the night without getting up to pee? That ship sailed around…
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My Bedtime Routine (Or Lack Thereof)
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? Let’s talk about sleep. Or at least the version of sleep I pretend to get. During the week, I try to have my life somewhat together. I shoot for bed around 10:30 p.m., because I’ve got adulting to do in the morning. Meals on…
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Avoiding Humans Is My Self-Care Routine
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? If you ask me what strategies I use to stay comfortable in this chaotic world, I’ll give you the unfiltered truth: I avoid people like they’re contagious, and I stick close to the only souls that actually make sense—my three dogs and my…
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Retirement: The Only Future I’m Looking Forward To
What are you most excited about for the future? What am I most excited about for the future? One word: retirement. Sweet, glorious, no-more-alarm-clocks, pants-optional retirement. I’m not talking about some fake early-retirement-hustle culture crap either—I mean the real deal. No more clocking in. No more pretending to care. Just me, my dogs, my wife,…