I turned 30 on March 10th. I’m not much of a birthday person, so I didn’t make a big deal about it. But with the exit of my 20s entered much reflection. I’ve been thinking a lot about where I am today, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s to come. In looking at my [...] Read more>>
The Curse of Talent. The Challenge of Risk.
Sometimes I feel sick with talent. Like, ill. It’s tough to explain and something I’m still trying to wrap my head around. Let me put this in a different, yet familiar, context. I have these sunrises and sunsets where my mind races and my heart pounds because I know there are so many roads I [...] Read more>>
Four Lessons Learned From a Social Media Assault
“I’m so tired of the negativity.” I thought that yesterday while perusing my Twitter timeline. As you may have seen on the social media site or read in my post on SBM about Black Twitter, someone made a comment about Beyonce’s relationship with her father over the weekend, which led to public outrage. And as [...] Read more>>
These Pitches Be Like…
Being an editor for a blog can be a thankless and frustrating job. Aside from the usual electronic banter, you end up reading submissions from writers that think just because they interact with you on Twitter or Facebook, or because it’s a “blog” and not a “magazine,” they can skate with poor form. I’m here [...] Read more>>
I Realized I Had Too Many Kids
So I wrote this article for SBM, figuring more people would see it. Then realized I should’ve just posted it here (with a few word changes). It’s the perfect article for this site; for the people that have been following along for a while, for the people that I know I’m reaching with my words. [...] Read more>>
I Refuse to Live the Internet Life: So What’s The Real Slim Jackson Anyway?
Over the last couple months, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about my next steps with this online life. If you’ve been following along, it seems like I’m all over the place. I’m running track and talking the healthy life. I’m writing relationship articles. I’m talking about career and personal development. I’m writing a [...] Read more>>
Ambition Overload and Self-Awareness
This past weekend, I spent some time wandering through Barnes & Noble with Cuddlesworth. She likes to read books. I like to look at ‘em. Nah, I’m playing. I like to read books too…at least the first 150 pages. I think my book completion rate is something like 60%, but that’s just useless information I [...] Read more>>
