Carnal Zen is my forum to explore all the ideas, contradictions, religions and credit card bills that pepper my life.
I took a class on media & messaging for work earlier this year. Today I want to tell you the most important lesson I learned.
Don’t think of an elephant.
There. Did you just think of an elephant? I told you not to, but of course, you did. It’s human nature. Still it got me thinking about [...]
I found this article today, suggesting that unmarried women over 30 are lying when they say they are happy. Allowing my bristling subside long enough to consider it, I evoked all the insider details of my nearest girlfriends’ lives – half of them married. I thought of the trials, the tribulations they have shared with me [...]
In college, the first day of class always began with a crisp clean notebook scanning the room for familiar faces as classmates find their seats. The syllabus, almost always photocopied on pastel paper, would be reviewed. Questions would be asked and answered. Your journey for the next 16 weeks would be crystal clear.
In life, we are never told what lessons we are supposed to be learning. It’s [...]
In my day job, I mingle. I network. I manipulate the system. So do all of you, no matter what your title is. It’s like an episode of survivor. We cull allies, strategize and try to make the best of things without kissing so much %$* that we can’t respect ourselves the next day. Solutions are [...]
I heart Dave Matthews Band - though I only started to a decade after he became big. I’m looking forward to seeing them again live in a few weeks, letting my hair down, sticking my feet in the grass and getting drunk on lyrics. The same lyrics that others hate.
The phrase ‘astral projection’ (out of [...]