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I’ve been thinking and it’s time for change

I have been thinking a lot recently, and I have made a decision. I want to take a few minutes and talk about it. This blog is pushing 12 years of age, and it's seen a great deal of change over the years. It started as Lost and Tired and evolved into what you see today. The evolution was necessary and, in many ways, a continuing process. One of the things that I have struggled with, especially as the kids got older, is privacy. When they were little, I was comfortable sharing more personal things because they we so young. As they get older, trying to balance sharing meaningful information and privacy, has been more challenging. If I'm candid, that's a large part of why I don't write as often…

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July 18, 2021
Read more about the article One of the reasons I get so frustrated with my job
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One of the reasons I get so frustrated with my job

I mentioned in a recent post that I would explain some of my frustrations with the business side of all this shiznit that I do. Now's as good a time as any. So I've talked about this a few times over the years. I don't often talk about the business side of what I do here because most people probably don't care. It's all the behind the scenes stuff that goes unseen. That being said, there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes. A good bit more than you probably realize. I've been able to monetize my efforts in several ways, without compromising the integrity of my mission. I'll be honest, that's not always super easy to do because there are times I turn down good money because…

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May 23, 2021
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Just a few reasons why blogging is a amazing

It's been about 12 years since I began my blogging journey and I've come such a long way over the last decade. For those who don't know, I got started by accident. When Gavin was very young, I found myself struggling to emotionally cope with all the challenges I was facing in regards to things like behaviors. I was new to being a parent and even newer to autism. It was suggested that I start writing in a journal because it could be therapeutic for me. Since I wasn't into writing like that, I ended up starting a blog. I was very naive to the ways of the internet back then and I didn't understand how things worked. I had assumed that my blog was private, so I was very…

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March 19, 2021
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Documenting Your Family Life Can Be A Real Adventure

This is a contributed post and therefore may not reflect the views of this blog or its author.  If you learn anything from this blog, it should be how families are absolutely nothing without love, and despite the challenges that might be present in your personal home situation you can always overcome them, or at least manage them. To do this will require a burning love, but thankfully this fire sustains itself from the challenge and connection, rather than fading to cinders. To achieve this will, of course, require your diligent effort. It does not happen accidentally. Pexels There are many methods to help you continually put forth effort and love into your family unit. Presence is one. Communication is another. Understanding and willingness to overcome hardship are perhaps the…

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July 2, 2018
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I’m glad you asked…

I'm back again. It's been a frustrating couple of days but I'm on my new server and have finally got most everything buttoned-up. There are some cosmetic things that need work and again, you will need to register again for security reasons, but this has been a positive move. During the move, I lost all the previous settings I've been using for the last few years. As a result, I've decided it would be a good time to scale back and keep things running as lean as possible. I want to keep things a bit cleaner and easier to manage. I'll probably revert to a very simple commenting system and avoid too much distraction. You may be wondering why I moved. The answer comes down to control. I was on…

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April 2, 2018
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I can’t control the actions of every asshole on the Internet

I'm having a rough evening because of my stupid Internet stalker. Facebook fixed all the issues and things were good for a few days. I hadn't posted anything during that time but I shared a post on The Autism Dad Facebook page and my stalker reported it and I am banned once again. I know if no way to stop this from happening. This person is banned, but they likely have more than one account and I can't do anything because I have no idea what the other account is under. Anyway, as much as this upsets me, I'm going to file it away in the outside of my control column. That's because I realize I can't control the actions of every asshole on the Internet. It's actually quite freeing...…

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March 4, 2018