Robert Webb
Bio
Freelance writer.
I write about all walks of life, from fiction to non-fiction, self-help to psychology, travel to philosophy.
I like to bring a sense of humor to serious topics, a splash of philosophical thinking, and a dash of weirdness.
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How to mend a broken heart
There are many forms of heartbreak, I will be discussing the heartbreak associated with the separation of a relationship with another human being that you may call your partner or boyfriend or wife. There are also many forms in which your relationships of this nature can come to an end. No matter how things have spiralled outward and ended up breaking, there are several tenets you want to follow to help reduce your suffering and the suffering of the other person.
By Robert Webb4 months ago in Humans
Letters from an old friend
My dear friend, I can feel the pain in your words. Know that I am here for you, when and if you need me all you must do is reach out and I will be there, as I am now. Know that you do not need me though, you have what it takes to get through anything in life. Deep down inside you there is a fire that burns, a smoldering heavy pit of embers that only need to be stoked to bring back their raging flame. Alas, the flame appears to have been quenched for the time being, and a little help from an old friend will aid in igniting the passion that has long lived inside of you.
By Robert Webb4 months ago in Humans
Lessons from 30 years of living
People have always asked me how I got to be so confident. I wasn’t always confident, but I have always taken risks, and I think that allows confidence to be built up over time. Being confident isn’t something that springs out of nowhere, it’s a trait that any individual can nurture. We do this one small step at a time, by choosing not to give in to anxiety or doubt. Does that mean that a confident person isn’t ever anxious? Of course not.
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
We all have desires, it is only human to do so. But most of us have so many desires that we cannot possibly be happy. That is because you will never acquire all that you desire unless you only desire very few things. There is only so much any one person can achieve in their given life, only so many paths one can walk down. We must sacrifice something for each thing we gain, that is the balance of the scales of fate. To begin with, it is important to make sure that what you desire is that which is of most importance to you. There is no point in desiring every little thing in your life to be a certain way, there is simply not enough time, energy, or luck associated with any one person. Instead, we need to be actively pursuing the things that mean the most to us so that we do not become wasteful in our dreams.
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
Belief is nature's most powerful placebo and the foundation of our expectations. We shape our lives based on our experiences and as we grow, change and evolve, we do so out of the belief systems we put in place. A lot of maturation in life is the disabling of old, negative belief systems, set up by parents and loved ones, teachers and strangers, friends and enemies. As young people in this world, we end up accidentally accepting other people's beliefs as if they were our own. We watch the people around us go through failure, success, love, and trauma, and we slowly learn how to think and act. The problem with this is that we are all experiencing a slightly different version of life and each individual's life experiences will eventually shape them differently.
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
Passion and motivation are valued far too high in our culture. We tell people to find their passion, and we go about in search of this imaginary thing that we think will just inevitably pop out of nowhere and strike us like a lightning bolt from Zeus. We pretend like we have a lock that only one key will fit into and all you have to do is look hard enough for long enough to find it. We romanticize and create fairy tales in our heads about doing work that doesn’t feel like work and loving every minute of it and we put a large amount of pressure on ourselves and those around us to “figure” out what we are meant to do in life. In reality, this is a big fat lie and people spend a great deal of energy and time searching for something that was right in front of them in the first place.
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
How do you gauge success? How do you know if you are improving from one day to another? You can only compare yourself to who you were yesterday and one of the greatest ways to figure out if you are making any headway in life is to gauge your improvement on how much love you can show to yourself and the people around you. It’s one thing to get a promotion at work or reach a fitness goal but if it negatively impacts the people you care about, or doesn’t help you to be more at peace inside then what good is it?
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
Switch on the news and you see it firsthand. Global food shortages, millions will starve this year. We are running out of computer chips, soon we won’t have enough to make cars or computers or washing machines. The lakes are drying up, the fish are all gone. The bees are disappearing. Water shortages and droughts affect the world. The financial sector is collapsing, there’s no more money! There’s no energy left either; we have used it all up! Employees can’t find jobs and employers can’t find any staff. It doesn’t matter anyway, there aren’t any houses left to live in. The ozone is disappearing, soon we won’t even have an atmosphere to protect us from the sun’s harmful radiation. Tornados, tsunamis, and volcanos are all happening at an alarming rate whilst forest fires scorch the earth. It’s so hot even the roads are melting!
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
The introduction to this article series can be found here; Chapter One can be found here; How to use this book This book is intended to guide you towards a better life, one that enables you to be happier, more resilient and more loving. Chapters are short for a reason; it is better to get straight to the point than to beat around the bush. You can read this cover to cover and explore some of the ideas as they come up. Or if you would prefer, pick it up anywhere, open a chapter that sounds of interest to you and see if the ideas help you to figure out what is going on inside your head.
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
Lessons from 30 years of living
The introduction to this article series can be found using this link; Who am I to write this book anyway? Honestly, I’m an average guy, with a pretty common life. I grew up in Scotland as a third child to a single mother after my father passed away when I was only a few months old. My mother, and role model in my life, worked her ass off to provide a wonderful life for her children, and she did just that. I have the benefits of always knowing her love, always feeling her support, and she made a great dad too, let’s just say, she has teeth. I made a ton of mistakes in my teens, I was a chaotic, selfish, wild young boy that always got into fights, didn’t finish high school, didn’t finish college, consumed way too many drugs at a young age and was slinging drinks behind a bar at 18. I didn’t go a single day for several years without at least a black eye.
By Robert Webbabout a year ago in Motivation
