Tag: influence

• Video Games and Drugs

  I am thinking about obsessive and addictive behavior today. As anyone who has been following me for very long knows I play an excessive amount of video games. I am much more moderate with my alcohol and THC use. But they fill a lot of the same functions in mental health /illness. They are an…

  Mark

  March 18, 2026

  rant

  video games, productive, wealth, drugs, influence, obsessive, addictive

• Followers and Influence

  I want more followers but I won’t beg. I want more influence but I won’t sell my soul to promoters. So I quietly plug along hoping to at least be a little interesting. The algorithm doesn’t love me. But I’m confident that it doesn’t love you either. Likes and clicks are no match for real…

  Mark

  March 5, 2026

  rant, witness

  firmly believe, followers, friends, gift, influence, testimony, witness

• Relevance

  I want my life to matter. I want my life to be useful. I want my life to make a difference. I want relevance. I have a very small circle of influence. It’s a good circle but is very small. I spent a couple of hours on the phone with Danny and he tried to…

  Mark

  December 20, 2025

  collaboration, rant

  Danny, difference, influence, matter, relevance, selfish, useful