Private space programs is the new private skyscraper is the new private island.
I don’t know which is worse, the greed or poor people that defend the greed.
Images like this one (pictured above) are why I call my economics blog Excess and Algorithms. Something that encapsulates modern capitalist economics.
Private space travel before universal health care or universal basic income. Very unfortunate, to say the least.
Seeing this image helped something click in my brain.
Call it writer’s block, perfectionism, procrastination, or just being human.
I didn’t want to write, or do much that required effort. Why?
Well what if I fail. What if I don’t get anything out of it.
External. Ego.
The work is the win. It’s about doing what I love doing. Time well spent.
Who cares if it isn’t perfect, great, good?
It’s time well spent, because I like doing it. It’s part of the process.
Everything starts out bad. Every person who was great started out bad.
No exceptions, ever.
We all have to learn.
We have to learn how to live and survive, let alone thrive or specialize.
So it’ll be bad at first and down the road, if I stick with it, hopefully it will be better.
It still might only be me who ever reads these. But that’s fine too.
There’s genuine value in going through the motions.
The value is building beneficial habits.
How many wars have their been since December 2017? That was the last time I wrote about current events/hard news.
How many battles fought using weapons from the United States?
How many bombs dropped?
How many civilians killed?
How much collateral damage?
The more things change the more they stay the same. The people with the currency and the weapons have been the leaders of civilization since the dawn of man.
Always has been, always will be.
It’s all the same, only the names will change.
I was going to start blogging again in May. I was inspired to write about one of the graphics that come up at the end of a Daily Calm mediation on the Calm app. I pinned the post to my Facebook and LinkedIn pages. I opened up an account on Medium. I wanted to write online again.
I journal daily or every other day. More consistent day to day, or bi daily journaling is one of the 2023 New Year’s Resolutions I actually stuck to. I’ve been writing but I stopped thinking about blogging again. I blogged regularly for years. That stopped when I started on a new path in life. The month before I moved was the last time I blogged.
I’ve thought about starting again a few times. This was going to be the year. The meditation blog/blurb was in May. It’s December. I was going to start again. Halfway through the year I was going to start again. Now the year is over.
So I’m starting again now. Not waiting for the new year. I’ll still put it on a resolution list. I’ve been making those simple and doable in recent years and sticking to a handful each year. So I’ll put blogging on the list…again.
I love writing. I love to write. I love to learn new things and write about them. I have wanted to write about the things I’ve learned on subjects like fitness, philosophy, spirituality, supplements, nightlife, psychology, and human nature for years now. Post an image or a quote or a link to the thing that inspired me to write, and blog about it in order to share it with the world. Not for clout or fame or attention. But for the good stuff. The deep stuff. The stuff that connects us.
And that’s why I’m writing and posting this. This is essentially a typed out journal piece to myself about starting again. A piece of content that I can look back on hopefully a couple dozen, a couple hundred or a couple of thousand blog posts down the line, and cringe with laughter.
But maybe one person reads this an feels like it is okay for them to start again too. Because it is okay to start again. For any reason. At anytime. It is okay to start again. No one is watching, no one cares, we’re all focused and busy living our own lives, focused on what we’re doing individually, so you might as well do what you want to do anyway.
I want to write. I want to share my writing. I want to write about the things I learn in life that help make me a better person. The things that help keep me sane. The things that help me get through hard times. I want to write about the things that help me live. For the good reasons. To help others, while helping myself.
Sharing means caring after all. What’s better to share than help? Sharing what helps me get through this thing called life. Sharing ideas. Sharing art. Sharing my…gift? Sharing what I love. Sharing, that it’s okay to start again.
A muckraker/gonzo journalism inspired blog. A writing outlet for me for five years. A place for me to apply the lessons learned in pursuit of my Bachelor’s Degree from Northeastern Illinois University. The BA is in Media Communications. Originally I wanted to major in Journalism, but timing is everything. My mentor, Kathleen Kane, convinced me to broaden out my degree.
Here you will find blog articles on hard news, current events, economics, environmental issues, sports, entertainment, personal development, and professional wrestling.
My last article was written the month before I moved from Chicago, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa to train with Seth Rollins at the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy. After graduating I also started working at a digital advertising firm based in Chicago called Base Zero Studios.
At Base Zero Studios I did copywriting, graphic design, blogging and social media management for a variety of small business based in the Chicagoland area. I was able to be a professional digital content creator. I learned so much from a great man, James Speers. I am deeply grateful for my time with Base Zero. I hope to work with James again in the future.
As I look forward to what’s next, I had forgotten that I had kept this blog listed on my LinkedIn account. Rather than just have the last blog article I wrote be the first thing people saw, I thought it best to have some sort of welcome and book end post. I am likely to blog again, but I don’t know that it will be under this brand/label.
Thank you for your interest in my writings, feel free to connect with me on social media. My old handle is still active. I am @ anarchyroll on Twitter and Instagram. You can find me on Facebook and LinkedIn as Anthony Roll.
