Category: Perspectives
Gifted With Mediocrity
It will never be enough, will it? As a child, I experienced several instances where I was made to...
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My Report Card: 2023 Goals and How They Went
I know. We’ve still got a whole month and a bit to go in 2023. There’s still, like, 10...
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A Big Problem With Social Comparison
Okay. So, there is definitely more than one big problem with social comparison. Especially in this...
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Am I the Mad Hatter?
In Alice in Wonderland, author Lewis Carroll depicts the Hatter as strange, erratic and...
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Revisiting My 2023 Goals: One Month Later
New year’s resolutions can be a bit of a mixed bag. They can motivate you with the promise...
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My Goals for 2023 (New Year’s Resolutions?)
Let’s be honest. New year’s resolutions have, let’s say, a bit of a troubled...
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Reflecting on 2022: A Year in Review (By the Numbers)
And just like that, before we’ve even had an opportunity to finish our eggnog lattes and hot...
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30 Lessons From My 30s (Plus Advice for My 40s)
I’m fully committed to this idea of lifelong learning, whatever that might look like. As I...
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Stop Wearing Busy as a Badge of Honor
How do you respond when people ask, “How are you?” For my part, aside from the usual...
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Do You Ever Feel Absurdly Average?
I like to joke that you’re unique and special, just like everybody else. Put another way, on...
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My 2022 Goals: A Mid-Year Check-In
If I had to describe my relationship status with goals, I’d have to go with...
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In the Month of May (Sonnet Sunday)
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of MayGusts and zephyrs ripping out and aboutNot blown away...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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