Author: Steve Ainslie

Many households in my neighborhood are run by children. I see evidence of this everyday. Stay-at-home moms spend long afternoons sitting outside watching their children and/or actively playing with their children. I could add a dozen other examples to this list. What they all share in common is that there are activities that center around…

My friend is lonely so he bought a motorcycle. It won’t solve his problem. Buying things never does. He’ll be excited for a few weeks. He’ll buy accessories and will work on his new bike customizing it with gear, attachments and doodads. He’ll take a few trips on it. Then, after his initial burst of…

I am currently reading “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed” by Jared Diamond. In it, he researches ancient civilizations and presents reasons for why they no longer exist. He covers societies including Ancient Egyptians, Maya, Inca, Vikings, Anasazi and several others. A striking similarity in almost all of these collapses was over-consumption of resources…

None of the milestones in my life turned out the way I expected them to. Growing up, my head was full of fantasies about how things would go when I hit major milestones: None of them happened the way I had imagined. Happy Days, Revenge of The Nerds, Welcome Back Kotter, My Three Sons, The…

So it appears that Trump has violated a number of laws when he absconded with highly classified documents after leaving the White House. Not only did he take these files, he hid them, lied to the Justice Department when they attempted to recover them and instructed his minions to hide them from investigators. I am…

When a celebrity or multi-millionaire sells one of their homes, it’ll occasionally pop-up in my newsfeed with a link to a video tour. Although I don’t pay much attention to famous people, I will check out their homes. I’m curious to see what you get for $10 Million, $50 Million or more. Usually the houses…

My high school class never had a reunion. I’m not surprised. We had one the lamest groups of students to graduate during my four years of high school. Because I was one of the “smart kids” I was able to spend most of my time sequestered with the gifted program thankfully. My mainstream classmates in…

Some of the podcasts I listen to cater a younger demographic – specifically GenZ and Millenials in their late 20s to early 40s. Usually the hosts and guests fall into the same demographic. This makes sense since these generations are the “target demo” ages for advertisers. It also makes sense to me because these are…

Part of my core identity is being a protector. I do not know where this came from. What I know is that if I love someone, I will do everything I can to protect that someone. I fail at this. I failed when my stepdaughter died. I failed when my wife suffered while fighting lung…

A friend who listened to my Solo podcast episode said that he felt I was very “charitable” when referencing certain people. I knew exactly what he meant, because I did this intentionally. The purpose of the podcast was not to be a public confessional, nor was it to denigrate people who hurt me in the…