3 on Thursday – 3/9/23
In this week’s issue I share…
1) “Sheltering Oaks”: How One Song Led to an Album
2) My Wife Heidi’s 3 Tips for Getting into Gardening
3) On Songwriting: Being Scared Is Normal
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Mental Health
How I deal with a lifelong journey of anxiety and depression.
ADHD 2.0
My son was diagnosed with ADHD and I didn’t know anything about it except for the general stereotypes. As you might imagine, I was fearful and worried. But I knew a lot of that fear came from misconceptions. This book helped so much. If you or someone you know has ADHD, I cannot recommend this
A Poem I’m Memorizing
Last year I started memorizing poetry. Why? Obviously because I want to impress people. Ok, well, no––mainly because I want to keep my brain healthy. I heard a neuroscientist say the best way to do that is to keep learning new things. Why not learn and memorize some of the greatest formed sentences? This one
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14 Lines I Recite Every Morning
Something I don’t want you to know about me is that I read a lot of self-help and business books. I like how the authors are so positive and encouraging. I’m used to hanging out with artists and songwriters. We’re like what I imagine a teachers’ lounge full of tenured English teachers is like. A
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Protected: Secret Songs Club (#16)
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Why I Celebrate Pizza Friday (Every Week)
Whether you’re vegan or gluten free, or whether you have money for pizza or don’t, and even whether you hate pizza (who are you?) or love it and want to marry it—I would encourage you to celebrate Pizza Friday every single week. Does it have to be Friday? No. Does it have to be pizza?
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Why Your Mind is Like a Wheelbarrow
Most of my life I spent working manual labor jobs. Construction, landscaping, stocking shelves at Wally’s Supermarket. I loved coming home exhausted. It was rewarding.
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Yes, I Take Medicine for Mental Health
I used to watch those pharmaceutical commercials for depression and anxiety and my eyes would well up with tears because I related so much. I’d almost involuntarily raise my hand.
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Helpful Tool My Therapist Taught Me
This morning I spilled coffee all over myself in the car. Ahh, you always do that! You’re so stupid. I said to myself. It was only 7:50am and I was already feeling a bit angry.
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My Life Theme
Sometimes I get caught up in the hustle of just surviving. My to-do list is out of control. I feel like I’m in a pinball machine, deflecting from one bumper to the next, reacting rather than controlling the situation. By the end of the day I’m exhausted, but I can’t tell you if I’ve done