The Nation We Live In, a Collection of Essays and Short Stories

Where does your personal INSPIRATION come from? How do you create that intrinsic energetic fuel to conquer your daily goals and work? Is it innate? Is your inspiration derived from an outside third party source? Well, personally I am inspired by Money and the possibility of increasing income and earnings.  As a self-practicing real estate agent, the more property listings, tenant rep showings, lease listings and buyers I can successfully engage with, the better. With more business, there is more opportunity to serve clients. In turn, successful client closings create happiness for them, and more income and bank account money for me. A Double win! But just like in your Monday through Friday or Sunday career routines, often the repetitiveness can bring us down and dampen the mood. Again, where do the creative juices and energy come from? Are coffee and caffeine the answer? Sometimes during a sluggish day around 3 pm, maybe yes, but caffeine should not be abused. I am remi

Preconceptions.... These new mobile phone application ordered electric scooters whizzing around my downtown and adjacent neighborhoods have distinctly changed Austin Texas's scenery! The terrain has visually been altered. These electronic "pay 16 cents by the minute," scooters have given this new century, a starkly different transportation look. Has your city been bombarded yet? Warning, they are coming. It's inevitable. Visualize with me, the streets and sidewalk you used to actually walk or peddle bike upon, now outwardly sporting these various and competing brand's scooters. How does it work? Well, I imagine, the usage methods are similar to the Uber, and Lyft ride-share models. First, download the scooter brand mobile phone application, next input a credit card for automatic payment, then locate a scooter to use, and finally scan, start, and go. I'd bet it is a pretty simple process. Isn't simplicity always the #1 goal of consumer technology

Don't you wish you could RESET your mindset back to a clean slate, as easily as restarting your computer? I do! Does the authentic stresses of adulthood, income earning, family rainmaking, inevitable taxes, constant bills, responsibilities, work relationships, and the juggling of duties, coupled with increasing city noise boggle you down? Even I, the experienced big-time city slicker am susceptible to these mentally draining and cumbersome adult problems. The weight of work failure, coupled with nighttime booze is not an ideal remedy. So how can we fix our mental health? Mental Health is a major humanity issue in today's times. How can we perform a successful mental reset? Where is the ZEN my readers? Recently after I became mentally bogged down, mean and zonked out, I awoke with the desire for a  clearing of the mental pallet. How can this be done? Here are some ideas, I thought of, coupled with my pretty lady sushi dinner date from last night. 1. Take a