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Archive: The Call of Authenticity — The Skeptical Hippie

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[In an effort to use FB more for socializing and my blog more for my writings on my life, I am copying old content from there to here with the title prefix "Archive:". This was originally posted to FB on 14 May 2018.] An update. Since my post on my situation, I've been on the road more than not. It's been good for me. If it weren't for my desire to connect with people, and the availability of work, I'd almost certainly live most of my life out there. The sure change has been from a position of fighting the feelings, trying to keep things marching on, to allowing myself to be a broken mess on the floor, and to seeing my suffering. I'm still just as broken, and I still grieve all day long, though letting that be the truth has reduced the desperation. I've learned a lot of things in these travels, though there's a lot of filtering and disentangling to be done, and I'm still ignorant on some of the bigger points. One thing I've learned is that a lack of self-care arose from something deepe

[ In an effort to use FB more for socializing and my blog more for my writings on my life, I am copying old content from there to here with the title prefix "Archive:". This was originally posted to FB on 14 May 2018. ] An update. Since my post on my situation, I've been on the road more than not. It's been good for me. If it weren't for my desire to connect with people, and the availability of work, I'd almost certainly live most of my life out there. The sure change has been from a position of fighting the feelings, trying to keep things marching on, to allowing myself to be a broken mess on

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