Mac

Joined November 2021

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Luxury Car Design Language: A Modern Controversy
Save for the die-hard enthusiasts out there, every car buyer is shopping for a luxury car. Features that used to be considered lavish amenities are now standard in most cars, and it's those features buyers can't live without. So what does that mean for those well-established luxury brands now that comfort and convenience are being offered at a much lower cost of entry?
By Mac8 months ago in 01
Anxiety Does Not Care
There is a man in this boat with me / We are going down below the calm, blue waters My hands are bound, as are my feet / There is nought to do but watch, and falter
By Mac10 months ago in Psyche
Player Piano: 71 Years of Dissent
Lying abed after the stout-hearted men's evening at the Kroner's, Doctor Paul Proteus, son of a successful man, himself rich with prospects of being richer, counted his material blessings...For once, his dissatisfaction with his life was specific. He was reacting to an outrage that would be regarded as such by almost any man in any period of history. -Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano, 1952
By Mac10 months ago in Journal
Always A Friend
The rain came down hard in the city, and Kit was cold and scared. He shivered uncontrollably next to a pile of trash bags in a part of town he'd never known. His hat, soaked to the brim, drooped over his ears and his scarf felt like it weighed a thousand pounds. I want to go home, he thought.
By Macabout a year ago in Fiction
A Dangerous Venture
"There weren't always dragons in the Valley." That was all my great-grandmother Elexi could say when yet another child or a brave hunter would be lost to those malicious beasts. She passed down stories of the peace that once existed in our village but being so young we could not begin to imagine a life without the fear we were accustomed to. She spoke of harvests and jubilant festivals that would persist for weeks on end. There was dancing and laughter; children much like us adventuring into the forests picking berries and fruits without a single care. I didn't know what dancing was, but the way she described it seemed silly and unnecessary to survival. Laughter was something I'd only experienced a handful of times, and I understood that there was very little to laugh about in this life we lived.
By Mac2 years ago in Fiction
Home, Sweet Home
My mother told me that certain buildings have “personalities,” and that a lucky few are able to feel them. I was once grateful to be able to pick up on those feelings. When my husband and I first moved into the green-paneled house at 1306 Marina Way the feeling was strong, so strong that it took my breath away. Henry was the only one to see the house until we were ready to move in, and he assured me that I would love it. From the outside I did, but as soon as I entered the foyer I felt claustrophobic. One step inside and a hundred hands materialized and touched my skin. They were tender, cold, and I could feel the despair at their fingertips. Henry looked at me with an enormous smile, “So, what do you think?” I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was excited for me to love it as much as he did, they shimmered in the same way as the night when he asked me to marry him three years ago. Although, instead of a ring, this time he gave me a beautiful home that filled me with fear.
By Mac2 years ago in Fiction
Creating Your Mental Health Progress Report
Our lives are lived fluctuating between periods of progress, regress, and maintenance. There are many variables that arise from current circumstances and situations that determine how much time is spent in each phase. However, we are also able to switch between these phases consciously if we desire to change or improve. Often times we fall into a period of regression that can undermine the work we've done. I found myself regressing more often than I thought was healthy for me, and so I decided that creating a way to periodically check-in on myself would help prevent that.
By Mac2 years ago in Motivation
If I Can't Be Superman
There is an enormous amount of pressure placed on all of us by society, family values, friendships, relationships, and working peers. These “baselines” ravage our personal idea of productivity and worth, and for many of us that is a dangerous thing. If you are prone to intense introspection this could mean feelings of worthlessness or loss of hope in your ability to live a meaningful life. We cannot change the standards set forth by those groups I’ve just mentioned, but even if we could I don’t believe that would be the most effective solution. In my experience this change needs to happen internally; only then can we feel a continuous sense of relief in everything we do.
By Mac2 years ago in Motivation
On Effort in Therapy
I do my best to be as transparent with my counselor as I can be; however, at the start of my journey this was not the case. There were many uncomfortable thoughts and feelings I had that I waited a long time to share. As anyone who has been in that position knows, it’s hard to be so vulnerable with someone who you don’t know very well. But the one feeling I had that I waited much too long to disclose was this one: Self-care is hard, and I don’t want to do it.
By Mac2 years ago in Psyche
An Introduction to Affirmations
When my counselor first suggested using affirmations to better my mood, I did not agree with the idea. I thought, “If I’m already in a shit mood, how is lying to myself an being blindly positive going to help at all? I’ll feel so fake doing that.” After some further discussion of those points, I realized just how wrong I had it.
By Mac2 years ago in Psyche
Top Story - November 2021
Beating Depression's Beaten PathTop Story - November 2021
Human beings are creatures of habit. We have a subconscious bias toward doing everyday things in certain ways that feel comfortable to us. I put my left sock on before the right one, but I always put my right shoe on before the left. I brush my teeth in a certain pattern; I shave my face from left to right. Whatever the task is, I definitely don’t remember choosing the particular way in which I complete it. As a child I learned the basics but as I grew older I simply found a way of doing them that just felt comfortable to me. If not by the lack of discomfort, but by the reinforcement achieved by repetition. Either way, our brains employ a flavor of the ‘path of least resistance’ strategy with these simple tasks; that being said, would it not make sense that our brains also employ this strategy with other functions buried even deeper in our subconscious?
By Mac2 years ago in Psyche

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Luxury Car Design Language: A Modern Controversy

Anxiety Does Not Care

Player Piano: 71 Years of Dissent

Always A Friend

A Dangerous Venture

Home, Sweet Home

Creating Your Mental Health Progress Report

If I Can't Be Superman

On Effort in Therapy

An Introduction to Affirmations

Beating Depression's Beaten PathTop Story - November 2021

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