Yo Glampa!!! Soooo many questions to ask. I'll start with an easy one (I'm being facetious) why does being an adult and doing all the crap adults have to do make you feel dead inside?? ...... asking for a friend....... Signed, Hot outside, dead inside Dear Hot, Sometimes happy-ness, according to Buddha, is a choice. It doesn’t always occur when “playing grown-up” without having to work for it.  May I offer a change in perspective?  As an example, when paying your taxes; instead of feeling frustrated and concentrating on what money is “gone,” think about the fact that your are contributing positively to society. You’re helping educate children, repair the roads we drive on, and give those less fortunate than you a helping hand. Sure, you’re also paying for bloated military contracts, drones that accidentally kill innocent bystanders and Scott Pruitt’s sound proof phone booth, but that’s for another blog.  Happy-ness is a choice. You can choose it a...

Judgement gets a bad rap. People who say they never judge are lying. Every decision made is a judgment call. It is how one decides who they are. “Am I going to go to Lowe’s or Home Depot? McDonald’s or Burger King? Meth or cocaine?” Even judgements that seem to be tied to some sort or morality (heaven forbid!) are simply decisions. They may be directly related to our core being, and potentially carry more weight, but are judgements all the same. “I’m broke, should I pretend to scan the vegan fried chick’n and make the boop sound at self-checkout, or should I put said Chick’n back and just get rice and beans (again) and pay for them? Which person do I want to be?” Or “When I go on GMA and Robin Roberts won’t stop asking me to sing ‘No, no Robin. That was many moons ago. I couldn’t possibly,’ do I go Old School show tunes or try and sing what kids are listening to today? Is that Tom Jones still popular?” Who is to say what decision is right? There may seem to be a clear “socially a...