Jamie Jackson

Joined June 2020

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Between two skies and towards the night.

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How Facing Fear Gives You Energy, Faith, and Power
“Strength comes from your struggle – when you learn to see your struggle as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser. Then your thinking shifts from “I can’t do this” to “I must do this.” – Toni Sorenson
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Motivation
Do I Have Adult ADHD? And What To Do Next
ADHD doesn’t exist, right? No one can focus, everyone gets distracted, and we all forget things. Right? Right? Hello? I used to insist this was the case for years. I would grandstand in the pub, in the office, and to any who’d listen, explaining ADHD was simply exuberant personalities not adhering to authority by fitting into school lessons and corporate jobs.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Confessions
Nostalgia is a Liar
They call it “nostalgia” and not “the past “ because nostalgia is a rose-tinted lens that distorts the past, a lens through which we bend and contort memories to fit our whims and desires, to have them slot neatly into narratives and weave seamlessly into wider stories we tell ourselves, stories about when we were younger, stronger, better, happier.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Motivation
4 Thoughts About Age in a Superficial World That Worships Youth
I’m 44. Being over 40 used to bother me, I felt old, ancient, in fact. Weird thoughts crept into my middle-aged mind; thoughts about becoming frail, looking aged, getting ill, being redundant to society and being unattractive to the opposite sex.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Humans
A Secret Afternoon
On a secret afternoon rain taps like a good friend’s nails on the glass on a coffee shop window, Blurry edges of half-light fills the room as autumn dangles in seasonal limbo,
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Poets
Here's Why You Should Do Hard Things
Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens through you, and you are defined by the extremities of your experiences. You don’t grow in everyday life, you grow mostly in moments of hardship. That’s where you develop, that’s where you push life’s boundaries and define who you are.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Motivation
Are You Really Poor or Are You Playing Poor?. Top Story - September 2022.
I was delivering packages, halfway through my route as a courier. Parcels slid around the back seat of my car as I turned a tight corner. My phone rang, bah-bah-bah-bah coming through the car speakers.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Motivation
The Quiet Excitement of Being at the Airport
The airport is still an exciting place to be, no matter your age. Well, a big enough airport is, at least. I've waited in airports that amount to not much more than a shed, and they're as dull and depressing as waiting for a bus beside a duel carriageway.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Wander
Why Do So Many People Hate Their Jobs?
People hate their jobs. This isn't even a debate. 50% of people openly admit to hating their job and the other 45% are lying.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Journal
The Great and Good Hal Bester
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. This is probably a good thing as Hal Bester has been wailing in his ‘Weekender’ spaceship for the past two hours.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Fiction
Is Manifesting Real?
In 1903 the NY Times claimed it would take a million years to build a flying machine. Of course someone wrote that. People get stuck in their ways. No one thinks something can be done until it’s done. They believe they understand how the world works and that’s that. Mind closed.
By Jamie Jackson3 years ago in Motivation
Dad story
I never got on with my dad. Before he passed away, in his last few years, we bonded as much as two people could bond with 30 years of disagreement between them, but for the most part, a river of acrimony ran between us.
By Jamie Jackson4 years ago in Families