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My newest article for this holiday season. "Contrary to some people’s expectation, this article will not be a jolly, ho-ho-holiday read, despite it having both "holiday" and "hope" in its title. It will be about the reality of how a lot of people perceive holidays and their life in general, and about a possible alternative to that." Full article here: http://blog.selfarcheology.com/2015/12/holiday-hope.html

Train of thought prior to: I find many of Generation Y seem to be directionless, or suffer from any number of psychological conditions, diagnosed or otherwise self imposed, as the result of childhood trauma inflicted on them. I think in part it has to do with absence of fathers and positive male role models growing up. The thought: The only thing my dad would talk about when it came to work, was what a pain in the ass it was. The train cars following: He worked for the state, so not a big surprise there now, but the formerly subconscious moral was that working sucks, side projects are more fun. That's the theme from my childhood. Thanks dad! Side projects are where I do have fun, and my bachelors degree and experience gained from those projects makes me a reasonable candidate for jobs which are remarkably similar to my hobby and side projects. Man, brain is looking out for me. Non-sequiturs man, my brain connects trains. Was it projection? Yes, but then I stood in front of the projector, and sure enough, it's on me too. I'm really excited to have connected these things. I take a lot of pride in it. It's shifting the responsibility around, so I know the part of me that's saying I'm not going to like working is a dad narrative. So cool. Thanks for reading! What are your thoughts?