by Tim Denning | Jan 4, 2022 | Life
If you read enough content on social media, you go mad. That’s how I feel. Too much nice advice that is useless. Advice that sounds logical but is actually extremely bad for you when you try to apply it. Here are popular lies to rethink. Lie 1: Reading books will...
by Tim Denning | Jan 4, 2022 | Life
Life can feel like a time warp. The year can change, yet your life can stay the same. The marketing hype says “new year, new you.” The reality is far harsher. I don’t subscribe to the “let destiny take over and what will be, will be.” Nope. That’s hocus pocus wizard...
by Tim Denning | Dec 21, 2021 | Life
“Natural selection, you piece of crap.” The comment lights up my iMac screen. On that day I anonymously join a new social media platform. I post a personal story that I think can help people. Within an hour there are over 100 comments. I write in the post that I’m...
by Tim Denning | Dec 13, 2021 | Life
I pissed the bed one night (as a grown adult). I shouldn’t admit that. At one of the lowest points in my life, I would numb the pain of mental illness with alcohol. That evening I hit the nightclubs. I got smashed in front of potential mates who I thought might hit...
by Tim Denning | Dec 13, 2021 | Life
During the lowest point in my life an unusual man saved me. I met the man through a friend. He had grey hair, wore a black overcoat to combat the Melbourne weather, had a smile with teeth that looked like they’d touched many Coca-Colas (and other drugs), and had a...
by Tim Denning | Dec 6, 2021 | Life
Sugarcoated advice that panders the reader is a disaster. It’s everywhere. You can’t learn from fence-sitters who seek to be accepted, rather than truth-tellers who seek to make you think. Tough love advice got me out of a dark place. I returned to that dark place...
