A blog about the Warrior's life
I am such a burnout. No, not like a 70’s teenager with long hair and a roach clip hanging from the rear view mirror of his love van. I mean I am burned out. I mean, it’s not surprising. I have a full time job, am writing 3 different books, volunteer at a local nonprofit, […]
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Many Warriors spend between 4 and 40 years of their life serving, and then quit. After a storied, good, or bad career of training, schooling, leading, and possibly a deployment or five they simply quit. Why is it? Hold on before you get your undies in a bunch. I’m not saying that when you leave […]
This article has been the hardest to decide to write. There is so much behind it emotionally for everyone; for parents of those who chose this action, comrades of the self-life takers, for those who would contemplate such an action, for those who want to prevent it. Look, there is no way this can be […]
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I have spent the better part of Chapter 2 and 3 hanging out with a couple buddies whom I have trusted to always be there. We have gone through a lot. The death of loved ones, the death of battle buddies, relationship issues, the stress of leaving service, changing jobs, and moving. These guys have […]
As part of my continuing thread of discipline and action in Chapter 3 of our lives, post-Service, I know that many of us feel that our lives no longer have any meaning. We go through the day to day grind, doing only what needs to be done, not really feeling excited about it, thinking it […]
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I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t set foot inside. For you, your family, my brethren, my family, a stranger? Oh hell yes, without thinking. But not for me. Why not you ask? For those who spent more than a day in uniform (not to exclude our first responders), you know the answer. Because “I” am not important. […]
I contemplated whether I should co-mingle these two topics as they can be light years apart and not related. But, the fact that medically speaking, they can be referred to as co-morbid, made me keep them together. While depression can certainly stand alone like the cheese, it is very directly attached to other disabilities, injuries, […]
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Belonging. We long for it, we do many things, good and bad for it. It drives us to church, sports teams, civic groups, summer camps, bars, clubs and yes, the military. It drives us. The need to belong, a core part of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, makes us seek out similarly minded, similarly educated, similar […]
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Oh to sleep! I know that many of you just closed your eyes and sighed because you wish you could. I have always loved sleep even when it hasn’t always loved me. The first time I understood that Warriors have issues sleeping was watching MASH. All the characters, totally exhausted, chose not to sleep due […]
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The whole of fitness is underdescribed in its entirety when we transition from Chapter 2 to Chapter 3. We are told to stay in shape; use it or lose it. A lot of us stay in shape. Pear is a shape, right? But are we doing everything we can to maintain our health? We don’t […]
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