Posts by Rick Clemons
343: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Screw Resolutions. Screw Goals. Ask Questions!
Here we are. Just a few days from 2019. Excited? Regretful? Hopeful? Happy? How about instead of setting those goals or talking about resolutions, we ask the right questions to close out 2018 and kick in 2019? Here’s a few questions to get you started, and read the rest at The Good Men Project! Website…
Read Full PostTaking Care Of You Isn’t Selfish. That’s Everyone Else’s BullSh*t!
I never knew what it meant to take care of myself first. It was selfish. I know many of you have been taught the same interesting lie. But it’s not true, unless you make it a selfish act. Ironically, taking care of yourself first is a bold move of living life on your terms so…
Read Full Post5 Reasons Men Suck At Being Curious
Hey guys I’m calling you out on your shit. Don’t take it personal. I’m calling myself out too! Seems that we’re only curious when it comes to sex, food, money, and careers. Ok, I know, we get curious about where the nearest pot is to poop when we need to take a dump, but that’s…
Read Full PostVulnerability and The Bulge
I just returned from an 11-day Caribbean cruise. I know. I hear you saying. STFU. Hey, don’t hate on me. Everyone deserves a getaway. Even you. So back to that hating on me bit, I was hating on myself prior to going on this vacation. I’ve put on about 25 pounds this past year. Not…
Read Full PostLessons Every Man Can Learn From The Movie – Boy Erased
Yes, I am a guy of some form of gay conversion therapy, but I survived, but that’s not why I wrote this article for The Good Man Project. I wrote the article because I think there is more to the movie Boy Erased than just an LGBTQ story of converstion therapy abuse. To me its…
Read Full PostHere’s what happened the day I gave myself permission to be myself.
I’ve always been a seeker. Curious. Inquisitive. I’ve also been a pain in the ass. To myself and others. Always, always, always seeking permission to do stuff. It’s a bad habit I got into – seeing permission as a form of validation to move my life forward, to be accepted by people, and to feel…
Read Full Post3 Things College Men Need Right Now to Be Successful
Ivy League or Community College. It really doesn’t matter where you start your higher education journey. And, as contrary to popular belief as it sounds, it doesn’t even matter if you start a higher education journey. I know, how blasphemous, and who am I to say such a thing. I’m just a guy with a…
Read Full PostPerfection is Killing Men.
Everyone thinks that heart attacks, prostate cancer, high cholesterol, and through the roof blood pressure is killing men. I agree and disagree. I actually believe that the pursuit of perfection is what is killing men. All men, not just some men. Love your thoughts on this article. Perfection: The #1 Killer of Men Photo by Jonathan…
Read Full PostAre you really thankful or giving yourself lip service
It’s Thanksgiving. At least here in the U.S. Everywhere else it’s a normal, as if there is a normal, Thursday. Regardless, this post is simple. You can either give thanks, or you can give yourself lip service. I choose to give thanks. Thanks for stuff that we often forget to give thanks for. Today I…
Read Full PostMy Perfect Abs Suck
It’s vacation time. As I write this, I’m in a Southwest capsule jetting at 35,000 feet and 500 miles an hour to Austin, for a brief stop, then onto Ft. Lauderdale. Funny how I’m stopping off in one of the most conservative states in the country (Texas) to land in Ft. Lauderdale, one of the…
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