Author: lifeafterdoorkicking
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Progress towards a goal I’m terrified of reaching.
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow? Lately, I’ve been trying to get better about actually sharing my work instead of holding onto it until it’s “perfect.” I’ve realized that perfectionism can be a form of self-sabotage — if I never let my thoughts and ideas out into the world, they stay trapped in my head, and…
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Why Serial Killers Vanished—and What Replaced Them
In the late 20th century, Americans lived under the quiet dread of serial killers. Names like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer became embedded in the cultural psyche. They haunted a society where evil seemed to lurk in shadows—killing methodically, compulsively, and often undetected for years. But over the past two decades, a…
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“The More We Value Things Outside of Our Control the Less Control We Have.”
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? The Best Advice I’ve Ever Received The best piece of advice I’ve ever received isn’t flashy or complicated—it’s the core tenet of Stoicism: focus your energy on the things you can actually affect. It sounds simple, almost obvious. Yet in practice, it’s anything but. We spend…
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Every Dollar Is a Vote: The Quiet Power of the Consumer
Voting With Your Wallet: How Americans Elect Corporations Every Day In America—and to varying degrees around the world—democracy doesn’t stop at the ballot box. It continues every time we open our wallets. Every dollar spent is a signal. It’s a vote. Not for a political party or a candidate, but for the world we want…
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Not 27 anymore.
I turn 40 this morning, and honestly—it feels surreal. For so long, I’ve been joking that I was 27. I said it so often I’d sometimes forget my real age. But here I am, four decades in, and it feels different. Not in a bad way—just in a way that makes me stop and really…
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Life after door kicking. 