What the Color Green Means to Me

Posted by howtobeokatstuff - 09/28/2009 – 6:50 PM

Green has always been one of my favorite colors. I like all greens, but kelly green in particular has, for the last seven or eight years, been my favorite. As it turns out, green is a fantastic color to evoke positive feelings, and in particular to combat anxiety.
Wikipedia, being my constant companion, helps me bring [...]

Quitting, For My Health

Posted by howtobeokatstuff - 09/27/2009 – 6:24 PM

I’ve been making big-picture adjustments of purpose and meaning in my life, as well as trying to shift my day-to-day activities such that I can be conscious of the various things in my life for which I am grateful. The job I mentioned applying for several posts ago, I ended up getting, and eventually, quitting. [...]

Resolution Towards Self-Kindness

Posted by howtobeokatstuff - 09/02/2009 – 3:17 PM

In some of my lowest times, I have found myself unable to do the thing that, for the particular corporeal being that is me, has the power to do the most soothing without being an escape, the power to accomplish the most change without being a drastically stupid decision, the power to heal without being [...]