Tag: stress
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Meditation, Hypnosis, and Rock Stars – Thoughts from January 14 and 20, 2024

January 14, 2024 I was listening to a meditation today. Why I was listening to it is not what I’m talking about today. Part of it was a positive affirmation to tell yourself. I’ve heard people saying these things before, but I was noticing how the affirmations have no connection to reality. Telling yourself you’re…
Brian Kirwan
2024, audio examples, audiobook, autobiography, avoiding conflicts, Barbra Streisand, being hypnotized, Bono, changing your life, credit cards, diplaying toys, fame, famous people, good people, Goodwill, hiding thoughts, high interest credit cards, hypnosis, indesicive, innermost thoughts, Irish band, loan, meditation, not a normal job, organizing, paragraph, Patti, people’s thoughts, playing with writing structure, positive affirmation, premise sentence, rambling, removing stress, rock star, rock stars, songs, strangers, stress, structure, the logic behind my actions, thoughts, thoughts about other people, Thoughts paper, toys, typical rock star, U2, unaware of the world, vocal range, Wilipedia, writing -
Fantasy, Reality, and the Unreal – Thoughts from July 12 and 15, 2023

July 12, 2023 Listen up, people. I’ve got something to say. Just kidding. If I had something to say, I would just say it. I don’t like it when people introduce what they’re going to say. Patti does this quite often. She says, “I’m going to tell you something, but you have to promise not…
Brian Kirwan
2023, bankruptcy, being rich, blame, blind cat, California, cat, dragons, evil, evil doesn’t exist, Fablehaven, fairies, fantasy creatures, fantasy series, flea medication, I’m going to tell you something, impersonating men, impression of men, living in New York, making decisions, man voice, modern fantasy, my Friday, mythological stories, no heroes or villains, Nora Ephron books, parents, Patti, problems with pooing, Quest, research, rich people problems, snob hill, stress, tears, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tired of crying, trauma, unicorns, water heater leakage, weather, works of fiction, yelling -
Christmas Weight and Other Random Subjects – Thoughts from December 29, 2022

December 29, 2022 During all the Christmas eating, I gained six pounds. I do it every year during Christmas. My regular eating habits are such that I can lose it relatively easily. We still have New Years Eve coming up so it will probably go back up again. I feel crappy when my weight goes…
Brian Kirwan
2022, addiction, boring conversations, Christmas eating, Christmas weight, cigarettes, conversations with strangers, COVID, eating habits, filling the holes of my life, genuine happiness, health problems, my dad, New Years Eve, Patti, pleasure, politics, random subject generator, religion and sex, restroom, sedentary lives, smoking, start conversations, stress, thoughts, touchy subjects, undiscussed problems, unhealthy foods, unhealthy people -
Fighting Brothers – Thoughts from August 15 and 16, 2022

August 15, 2022 Yesterday, I kept getting interrupted by work. I only had one thought. Actually, I had many thoughts, but I only had time to write one of them. Today is a whole new story. I should be able to think my brains out and write most of them. I have plenty of sit…
Brian Kirwan
2022, autism, back tensing up, being unique, books, brotherly influence, brothers, changing premise, collecting stories, complex problems, conversational impasse, coworkers, disabled me, fantasy and science fiction stories, fights, fulfill a niche, future books, heightened sensitivities, highly sensitive person, humorous nonfiction, just another problem, least favorite things, least masculine male, lesbian trapped in a male body, literary agents, male influences, many thoughts, masculine traits, my brain, my style, not a fan, only brothers, only child, only sisters, opposite of me, paragraph structure, problems dealing with the world, published legitimately, publisher, Reality Acceptance, self-published book, sensory issues, sexiest humor, short story, simple answers, sisters, sit and wait, solved, sports, stress, think my brains out, thoughts, Thoughts papers, too many thoughts, understanding a person, violence, working, writing -
Anxious Cat and Cat Dad – Thoughts from February 15 and 16, 2022

February 15, 2022 I didn’t write yesterday because I was spending time with Patti on Valentine’s Day. We went out to breakfast even though it was after 2:00 in the afternoon. Patti and I are not early risers unless we have to be. I cheated on the vegan thing with butter and eggs, but not…
Brian Kirwan
2022, accident, Affordable Healthcare Act, anxiety, apologized, apology, arguing, autobiography, back tightens, bare feet, blood on face, book, book sales, breakdown, breakfast, Canadian, cat, cat tree, Catholic household, coworker, cracker smashing, expensive ads, health care act, hugs, I am happy, illogical behavior, incident, invaders to her house, litter box, Martin Short, medications, miserable people, Obamacare, Patti, pooping, Quest, Reality Acceptance, stress, The Happy Atheist, thinking machine, thoughts, troubled, up 4 pounds in one day, urinating, Valentine’s Day, vegan -
Eye Twitching Holidays – Thoughts from November 17 to December 18, 2003

November 17, 2003 My system had a minor crash again. I had worked on a song (a sad song), and it suddenly wouldn’t let me logon to Windows. After much ado, it’s back, but I’ve been saving all my songs in multiple locations – which I should have done before, but at least I’m doing…
Brian Kirwan
2003, alcoholism, always driving, animation, assisted living, back up, bad eating, being driven, California Adventure, Cameron, cause of death, Christmas, computer, dad, death certificate, Disneyland, driving, eye twitching, Grand Californian, Grand Canyon, holidays, mom, my songs, nephews, nerd, Nightmare Before Christmas, Paradise Pier Hotel, Patti, shy, shyness, Sister, smoking, soundtrack, stress, stress free, stressing out, system crash, Thanksgiving, the boys, thoughts, twins, Twisted Land of Oz

