Jack's Smack

I recently returned to the United States after spending five weeks outside the country. I chose to embark on this...

Buying Designer Dog Food, But You’re Dogless

Imagine stumbling across a huge sale on designer dog food but you don't have a dog. Do you go ahead...

Humility And Pride Can Coexist

Recently I had an incredibly humbling experience. One which, paradoxically, left me more proud of myself than I have felt...

When Your Ego Writes A Check Your Body Has To Cash

Currently I am working and hanging in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is challenging, to say the least, to manage the work/play/life...

When FOMO And JOMO Get Out Of Whack

Work. Life. Play. Whether I like it or not, these three elements of my one life are constantly battling for...

When What You Are Doing Stops Working

What happens when what you’ve been doing, successfully, stops working? Or, at least stops working the way it had been…...

When You See Yourself In The Past And The Future

While recently packing up to move out of the family home where we all grew up, my brother stumbled across...

Why Our Egos Need Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions. Good. Bad. Indifferent? Lately I have been reading a fair amount around the notion of not setting...

I Choose Mothering Over Parenting

The last few months I’ve been faced with some personal parenting challenges. Turns out that a university acceptance letter and...

My Last Fondue