Justin B. Long
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When I’m not working on a new book, I like to write a blog. My goal is that you will glean some ideas from these articles that you can use to improve your life, as well as be entertained for a few minutes. In this way, we are making the world a better place! If you like what you read, please comment, and make sure you subscribe so that you can get each blog in your email to read at your leisure. Thanks for your time, I appreciate it! – Justin B. Long
Tribalism
Tribalism is an interesting part of the human psyche. It's one of those things that's so subtly ingrained that most people don't even recognize it until it's pointed out. In my ever-continuing study of people, I'm starting to realize that tribalism is...
It’s All About Adversity
Facebook reminded me today that last year at this time, my wife and I went to the Grand Canyon, and then up to Zion National Park. That prompted me to pull up the pictures and videos from the trip, and we spent a half hour laughing about various memories from the...
Hurricane Irma and the Power Outage
Oh my goodness, what a week this has been! Hurricane Irma wiped out the power grid here in Florida, and while most of the state is getting back to normal, my house is on Day 8 without electricity. Don’t feel too sorry for me; we do have a generator! It has been a very...
Self-Doubt: The Taboo Topic
Self-Doubt: The Taboo Topic (and how to beat it!) There is so much societal pressure on being perfect, or appearing to be perfect, that we all become alienated from the reality of being human. If you don’t have a strong figure to teach you about these things early in...
How To Be Successful In 999 Easy Steps!
So one of the many, many, many lessons that life has taught me is that everything that I want to do is going to be harder than I think it's going to be. I think I started off with the idea that people were just naturally good at different things, like sports, or...
Shroom Life
One of the many things in the world that interests me is the mushroom. This is a fairly new interest, and it has developed over the last few years of walking past piles of horse poop on the farm and noticing the mushrooms growing there. First it was the colors that...
Ernie’s Colic Surgery Extravaganza
In the last three years, I have responded to a pretty significant number of horse colic emergencies with my wife the equine veterinarian, Dr. Lacher. Most of them are mild gas colics or impactions, and with some good drugs and a few gallons of water, they are all set....
3, 2, 1, Launch!
Hello, and welcome to my blog! This is a pretty exciting point in my writing career. My first book, Adventures of the Horse Doctor's Husband, is off to the editor. My second book, DimWorld: Foundation, is almost completed, and I'm working on the outline for the second...