The more I work on enforcing my personal boundaries and learn about how to respect and recognize the boundaries of others, the more I realize that there are a lot of unhealthy people and energy vampires out there. Energy vampires are people with non-existent boundaries and huge emotional needs.
Hey - Energy Vampires are real. Seriously. Maybe they don’t suck blood, but an energy vampire can sure suck the life right out of you. Psychologists will admit that negative people, those with huge emotional needs can drain the energy from people …

Man mistakes urinal and urinal cake for sink and soap
If you’re going to make a mistake, don’t make it on video. I have to wonder why he never stopped to look for the faucets. I admit I felt sorry for him - mostly because now his face will become famous and he’ll be known as the guy who washed his hands in a urinal.
So why is this worthy of a post? Because of the power of visuals. We are so conditioned to visual cues - ie. a trough and “cakes” …

I don’t support many causes and the ones I do think are worth supporting are truly universal. Emily Fitchpatrick’s is one of those causes. I met Emily online shortly after she left Billy Graham’s ministry to start her own - rescuing children from the sex trade all over the world. She was looking for a freelance graphics person. I was looking for work. And we found each other on elance.com. I learned a lot from Emily. It was humbling and sobering and shocking.
I learned that the average age of a …

I’m fat. I know it. Most fat people do - especially if they’re kids. We don’t want to be fat, and we struggle with how we got that way and how to change our lives. We aren’t usually loved or wanted because we don’t fit the model for “cool” or “fun” and we don’t feel good being out in public or hanging out with other people. That fuels the comfort food, which in turn fuels the weight gain. It sucks.
In recent months I’ve learned what many people don’t realize about …