My Life: What's new with me
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Living with OCD and Anxiety
Posted by Brian Clifton
Written November 27, 2011 at 01:44
Written November 27, 2011 at 01:44
I've always had a hard time relaxing because my brain doesn't know how to stop working. When I was younger, I could force myself to relax by having a few beers. This worked great for me as a teenager up and through college. I built up enough of a tolerance that I could slam a 12 pack in a 3 hour span and still write complex computer code. It got to a point where I was drinking almost every day. This obviously isn't a great way to live your life and I ended up getting a DUI in 2005 (I wrote about that experience in a previous blog entry, "Life experience: Driving under the influence"). Part of the sentence given to me was attending counseling for a few months. After talking about alcohol for so many hours, drinking lost all of it's appeal and no longer helped me relax.
Without a way to relax, my brain would keep spinning. It gets fixated and stuck on a subject for long periods of time, to the point where I feel physically ill. I would have an upset stomach and feel extremely fatigued all the time. I'd always feel tense and on-edge. These physical symptoms started to affect my social life. I would ditch events with my best friends because I didn't feel good.
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Without a way to relax, my brain would keep spinning. It gets fixated and stuck on a subject for long periods of time, to the point where I feel physically ill. I would have an upset stomach and feel extremely fatigued all the time. I'd always feel tense and on-edge. These physical symptoms started to affect my social life. I would ditch events with my best friends because I didn't feel good.
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Money on my mind
Posted by Brian Clifton
Written October 25, 2011 at 21:30
Written October 25, 2011 at 21:30
Recently I've been putting a lot of thought into my finances. I'm doing ok; I'm not neck-deep in debt but I'm not exactly rich either.
I found a great website a while back and I've been following it. It's called Get Rich Slowly.
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/archives/
The link above goes to the archives, which is the easiest place to start reading from. You can see all the article titles and pick ones that interest you. The most recent entry I've read was the piece about the debit card fee raises coming up soon.
Besides that website, one of the things that got me thinking about money was getting my 401k quarterly statement last week. I saw that I lost over $6,000 last quarter. So even with my contributions, it still lost that much.
I hate the fact that so much of my money goes into a 401k; a fund that, at the end of the day, I really have no control over.
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I found a great website a while back and I've been following it. It's called Get Rich Slowly.
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/archives/
The link above goes to the archives, which is the easiest place to start reading from. You can see all the article titles and pick ones that interest you. The most recent entry I've read was the piece about the debit card fee raises coming up soon.
Besides that website, one of the things that got me thinking about money was getting my 401k quarterly statement last week. I saw that I lost over $6,000 last quarter. So even with my contributions, it still lost that much.
I hate the fact that so much of my money goes into a 401k; a fund that, at the end of the day, I really have no control over.
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My new Glock 19, generation 4
Posted by Brian Clifton
Written August 13, 2011 at 14:10
Written August 13, 2011 at 14:10
I just recently bought a Glock 19 from Caswells shooting range in Mesa, AZ. I love it so far; extremely easy to take apart and clean and it shoots great.
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Life experience: Driving under the influence
Posted by Brian Clifton
Written April 25, 2011 at 21:33
Written April 25, 2011 at 21:33
If you know me, you'll know that I don't drink. I haven't had a drink in over 4 years now. I went to Santan Brewery last Friday and had a few Diet Cokes with friends and it got me remembering how bad getting a DUI was.
It was just over 6 years ago now; April 2005. I got busted stopped at a red light.
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It was just over 6 years ago now; April 2005. I got busted stopped at a red light.
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Some of my thoughts about Mexico
Posted by Brian Clifton
Written March 26, 2011 at 02:49
Written March 26, 2011 at 02:49
Illegal immigration is a pretty hot topic, especially here in Arizona. Nobody has taken a realistic approach to solving the problem. Here are a couple facts for you...
1) As of 2011, the richest man in the world is Mexican; Carlos Slim. According to Forbes Magazine, Mr Slim's net worth is more than $74 billion dollars while Bill Gates and Warren Buffet only have a net worth around $53 billion dollars.
2) In terms of GDP, as of 2010, Mexico is ranked in 14th place. It's right up there with Canada, Russia, India, and Spain.
If the country is doing so well financially, why are there people risking their life to come to the Unites States illegally? It's a pretty easy answer.
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1) As of 2011, the richest man in the world is Mexican; Carlos Slim. According to Forbes Magazine, Mr Slim's net worth is more than $74 billion dollars while Bill Gates and Warren Buffet only have a net worth around $53 billion dollars.
2) In terms of GDP, as of 2010, Mexico is ranked in 14th place. It's right up there with Canada, Russia, India, and Spain.
If the country is doing so well financially, why are there people risking their life to come to the Unites States illegally? It's a pretty easy answer.
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