For a long time, it seemed like distraction was looked at negatively: it’s the thing to avoid aggressively, because it will tank your productivity and your vision for how you want your life to look like. But now it seems like more of us look to distraction in a positive light: it’s the thing that keeps us from having to deal with the difficulties life throws our way. It numbs our emotional state and makes us not feel the weight of pain, anxiety, grief, and other stressors.
Read MoreNo matter who you ask, you will find that the majority of society would say that they have at one point or another made mistakes, hurt others, or committed wrong acts that negatively affected another person in such a way that caused hurt, pain, suffering, trauma, a feeling of injustice or degradation. Because this is such a pervasive reality that occurs with human relationships on a macro and micro level; it is up to each and everyone of us to determine how we respond to such hurt when it happens to us.
Read MoreNow, make no mistake, work ethic is important. Doing good quality work is vital. But work should not be the defining thing in our lives. We are meant to be so much more than our work and what we do. We are beings so beautifully creative, diverse, and talented; that just to be regulated and remembered for our work seems to fall short in the grand scheme of things.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to "be a man"?
That question has been punted around most likely since the beginning of civilization.
In my experience, with a changing culture our definitions of masculinity have become more varied and hotly debated.
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