Dealing with life

Johnny Depp Visits Revere Beach

by Bill Brenner July 14, 2014 Dealing with life

Filming for the movie based on the book Black Mass is taking place around Massachusetts. Last week, they did some scenes on the beach I walked daily as a kid. I was young when Whitey Bulger was enjoying his reign of terror on Boston and the surrounding communities, and I don’t remember much about it other than a couple news reports from the 1980s. I was busy walking Revere Beach every day. It was often…  [Read More]

Impostor Syndrome, Part 2

by Bill Brenner July 9, 2014 Dealing with life

I’ve been way off my game lately. My diet and exercise regimen is all over the place. I’m working my ass off at the job, but I feel like I’ve gotten little accomplished. I’m cranky a lot. I’ve been here before. It’s a flare up of impostor syndrome. Mood music: I’ve always harbored the fear that someday people will discover I’m really not as smart and talented as they currently think I am. I’ve had a…  [Read More]

Frances Bean Cobain Gets It Right

by Bill Brenner June 24, 2014 Dealing with life

Update: Frances Bean Cobain threw more cold water on the romanticism of her dad’s life and death in this Rolling Stone interview. Until now, we hadn’t heard much about Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain. Now she’s getting headlines, and it appears the young lady has a good head on her shoulders despite a tumultuous childhood. Mood music: She’s getting the headlines for telling another young star that her talk of…  [Read More]

I Don’t Dislike Mondays

by Bill Brenner June 2, 2014 Dealing with life

I used to fit the “I hate Monday” stereotype perfectly. In fact, that first day of the work week used to fill me with terror. I’d start to get depressed Saturday night because it meant the weekend was halfway done. I’d get so worked up on Sundays that I’d short circuit and sleep most of the afternoon away. Now I love Mondays. When someone complains about it, I laugh or roll my eyes, conveniently forgetting that…  [Read More]

It’s Not How Far You Have to Go, It’s How Far You’ve Come

by Bill Brenner May 28, 2014 Dealing with life

No matter how much we’ve grown, no matter how far we’ve come, we insist on beating ourselves over the strides we have yet to achieve. When it comes to self-loathing over one’s vulnerabilities, I’m about the best there is. But I’ve worked hard to break myself of that, because the truth is that I have come a long way since the days when I was owned by my OCD, anxiety, fears and dark impulses. Do…  [Read More]

10 Ways I Turned My Shitty Day Around

by Bill Brenner May 7, 2014 Dealing with life

The other day I wrote about having a bad morning, and how I was looking for a positive plot twist. The day did get better. How it did is a good case study in learning to roll with the punches. Mood music: Sequence of events: I wrote that post to vent my spleen. That simple action went a long way in helping me feel better. Once I committed my frustrations to paper, so to speak,…  [Read More]

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