Since today is Monday (and this is likely my last post of 2025), I figured the timing of this was appropriate. There’s a moment every morning — usually before the alarm, before the coffee, before you’ve fully returned to yourself — when life feels heavier than it has any right to be. You lie thereContinue reading “The Morning Tug-of-War And Why Every Day Starts With a Quiet Battle”
Author Archives: John Berkovich
Why You Should Start Your New Year’s Goals Now And Not January 1
Every December, millions of people make the same promise: January 1 is when everything changes. It’s a comforting idea: a fresh year, a fresh start, a fresh version of ourselves. “Yup, this is it. This year I will lose weight, start a business, write a book, save more money, cut the amount of time IContinue reading “Why You Should Start Your New Year’s Goals Now And Not January 1”
Café Disruption: The Loud Ladies Club Experience
You always think you’ve timed it perfectly. You find a quiet table in the corner of the coffee shop, settle in with your drink, open the laptop, and start knocking off your to-do list. Usually, you’d be at home working, but a temporary power outage has forced you to run your laptop on battery power,Continue reading “Café Disruption: The Loud Ladies Club Experience”
Exploring the Unique Culture of Buckhorn
There’s something I’ve noticed about living in Buckhorn that didn’t hit me until recently. It’s not profound or life-changing, but it explains a lot about how people interact around here and why, every now and then, I feel like I stick out a little. Buckhorn is, at its core, a blue-collar town. Not in aContinue reading “Exploring the Unique Culture of Buckhorn”
The Loud Lickers is a Dining Mystery I’ll Never Solve
There are certain things in life I will never understand: why printers jam only when you’re late, why the grocery store has only one cashier during rush hour, and why — in a restaurant full of empty booths — someone always chooses the table right next to me. It’s like a gravitational pull. The universeContinue reading “The Loud Lickers is a Dining Mystery I’ll Never Solve”
When New Opportunities Don’t Feel Real
There’s a strange moment that happens when things finally start turning around. After years of grinding, rejection, physically and mentally recovering from a car accident and malignant narcissist abuse, burnout, or instability, your first instinct isn’t excitement; it’s disbelief. You question whether it’s luck, timing, or just another mirage. But when opportunities start showing up,Continue reading “When New Opportunities Don’t Feel Real”
The Surreal Distance Between What We Do and Who We Are
Ken Dryden admitted in his book The Game, that he could never quite connect with the fact that he was the goalie for the Montreal Canadiens during their glory years of the 1970s – the goalie, the one whose name was engraved on the Stanley Cup six times, and Vezina trophies, who shared a dressingContinue reading “The Surreal Distance Between What We Do and Who We Are”
Rant No. 18: Do You Ever Shut Up?
Some people don’t just talk – they broadcast. It’s like they’re narrating a movie about themselves in surround sound, and you, unfortunately, got a front-row seat. They speak in that choppy, overconfident, I’m-an-expert-on-everything tone that carries across rooms, restaurants, and coffee shops alike. You’re not eavesdropping; they’re forcing participation. It always starts the same way.Continue reading “Rant No. 18: Do You Ever Shut Up?”
When Motion Becomes Medicine
There’s a strange kind of calm that shows up only when you start doing things. Not big, dramatic things, but just simple, tangible actions. Send a message. Make a list. Write the first sentence. It’s funny how quickly the mind can spiral when we sit still too long. The weight of uncertainty, money worries, orContinue reading “When Motion Becomes Medicine”
When Confidence and Talent Don’t Speak the Same Language
Charles Schulz once told his first wife that if he ever saw a psychiatrist, it might ruin his work. The creator of Peanuts — one of the most beloved comic strips in history — feared that getting rid of his inner struggles would also take away the well he drew from. And maybe he wasContinue reading “When Confidence and Talent Don’t Speak the Same Language”
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