Oh, Immoderate Fool! In which we explore the transitory winds of ambition and indolence that drive and derail the author of this blog.
Category: #11 – Mental Health

Freelance Essayist Roll Call | Off the Beaten Path
Freelance Essayist “To get a leg up, you must put your foot down” Toadies “Motivational” – Hell Below/Stars Above When I look around me, that seems to be the default approach to attaining “success” in life, but it’s always been anathema to me. Pushing down on the ones below you…

Proudly Debuting…the “About” page!
[While this post contains material from my previous post “How to Write a Mission Statement for your Site” (which no one read, probably because I titled it “How to Write a Mission Statement for your Site”), it is organized, edited, and fleshed out further. If in some imaginary future someone…

Fallopian Tubes
Well, that’s what I saw. It popped into my mind instantly and I said it out loud. I was playing this game with my family. The Redstone Inkblot Test. So, what do we learn about people who see Fallopian tubes when they look at this image? I laughed out loud…

A Spark of Hope
I suffer from depression, and have since adolescence. The condition has been worsening over the years. Less than a month ago I destroyed the engine of my own car with a botched oil change. In the immediate aftermath the slim buffer of wellbeing that insulates my psyche was stripped away…