Dealing with life

Mental Shore Leave: A Remedy for Uncertain Times

by Bill Brenner September 29, 2020 Dealing with life

We’re six months into this pandemic. If you feel like you’ve hit a wall, you’re not alone. And there’s a solution.

I See Villains. Time for a Gut Check

by Bill Brenner August 18, 2020 Dealing with life

Seeing villains everywhere is unproductive and stokes hateful feelings. I don’t like being this way. But I can’t tell you I’ll stop now that the epiphany has struck.

Channeling Freddie Mercury’s Work Ethic

by Bill Brenner June 4, 2020 Dealing with life

With a global health crisis raging and gut-wrenching street violence thrown in, we need our heroes to drive us forward.

Midlife Crisis in a Pandemic

by Bill Brenner May 4, 2020 Dealing with life

When a pandemic and a (fictionalized) prince create a self-critique.

Should You Worry About Another Great Depression?

by Bill Brenner April 29, 2020 Dealing with life

We can try to see the past in our current situation and predict the outcome. Or we can take life one day at a time and hold on to our sanity.

Those Walls Closing In? You’re Not Crazy

by Bill Brenner March 25, 2020 Dealing with life

For all my writing about being positive, I’d be lying if I said I had it together all day, every day.

COVID-19 Gratitude 2: Getting My Health Back

by Bill Brenner March 24, 2020 Dealing with life

This time last year, I was hovering around 290 pounds. How I got my health back.

COVID-19 Gratitude 1: Work That Matters

by Bill Brenner March 23, 2020 Dealing with life

Finding value in my work helps me keep moving forward.

I Was Lost But Now I’m Found

by Bill Brenner April 3, 2017 Dealing with life

There are plenty of reasons I haven’t written in this blog in a long time. The easy reasons are that my career has been busy and I’ve been managing a family building on the side. I also decided awhile back that I shouldn’t write unless I had something to say. To be honest, I just didn’t feel like opening up like I used to. But lately my willingness has returned. Mood music: The last year has included…  [Read More]

Thought I Was a Security Rockstar. Was Just Stupid

by Bill Brenner March 24, 2017 Dealing with life

In pretty much every industry of late, people of great talent, drive and achievement are being labeled rock stars. I certainly see it as I work in the information security industry. Those who get the label tend to deserve it. But there’s a dangerous side-effect: The term rock star can bloat the egos of those it’s bestowed upon. It leads to big heads and bad attitudes. I’ve watched many handle it with humble grace. And…  [Read More]

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