Faster Than My Demons
When I was a kid, I loved superheroes. Superman. The Flash. The whole idea that one person could be fast enough, strong enough, good enough to outrun the worst of what the world throws at them. I’ve grown since then. Superman feels too clean now. Too resolved. The only hero I genuinely relate to these […]
Out With Lanterns Looking for Myself
Life has been lifing. To say the least. There are seasons I never imagined I would walk through — mostly because I am God’s favourite. That is literally what my name means, by the way. John. Favoured by God. So naturally, I assumed certain valleys were for other people. I was wrong. The Story Starts […]
Can I Just Quit?
I want to. I really do. There’s a button. It’s always there. Right in front of me. Big. Obvious. Labelled clearly — Quit. And some days I stare at it longer than I should. The LinkedIn Illusion Left isn’t working. Right isn’t either. I’ve been applying for jobs on LinkedIn and slowly coming to the […]
Welcome to the Diary of a Distracted Genius
Okay, so. Here we are. I’ve been putting this off for a while not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because I had too much to say and not enough focus to start. Which, honestly, is probably the most on-brand way to kick off a blog called Distracted Genius. Let me explain what […]
Life on Hard Mode.
Nobody handed you the difficulty setting. You woke up in the middle of the game — already running low on health, some quests pre-failed, the map only partially revealed — and someone told you this was normal. That everyone starts here. But you looked around and suspected, quietly, that it wasn’t quite true. Some people […]
How Did I Get Here
I know this place well. The edge of the bed. Complete darkness. The kind of silence that has nothing gentle about it. And somewhere in the middle of it, the same question surfaces — how did I get here? The frustrating part isn’t not knowing. I know. I’ve done the reading, the research, the honest […]