Car commercials are everywhere. Watch any show, and there’s an excellent chance that it will be paid for by a virtual dealership of vehicles. Most of those commercials tout one of two things: features and price. Most car ads ooze with features, telling you why this car will change. Your. Life. Whether it’s comfort, performance,…
In July of 2018, I went to a writer’s conference. There were about 350 people present, and I’d met exactly three of them in person: my wife (who came with me), another author that I’d met for lunch once, and that author’s daughter. That left a whole lot of people I hadn’t met in person….
I’ve been a high school teacher for close to two decades now. In that time, I’ve had to deal with my share of angry students. Some kids, by virtue of the challenges life has dealt them, live with a swirl of emotions that can include anger – anger at family, at friends, at teachers, at…
Welcome to A Well Advised Life, a blog devoted to — as the tagline says — living wisely, thinking practically, and acting purposefully. This blog is the spiritual successor to another blog, whose story is important to understanding what this one is and what it seeks to do. In 2017, two writers (Rachael and Joshua)…
