Did Nick Say That?

Well not physically growing anyways. I stopped doing that when I was like 15 or 16. Mentally and as a person though I think this past year has been the biggest growth year for me since I was maybe 25 or 26. I can say it has not been just one thing, one experience or one moment that has made this year a big change for me. I'm sure it's a combination of getting married, continuing to cope with the loss of my step daughter, trying to help my wife cope, helping a friend work on his life and turn it around, and working on trying to transition to a new career. I mentioned that the last time I felt this growth was when I was 25-26 years old. That is when I bought my house, moved in with my girlfriend (now wife), became a landlord, and went back to school for a class and used that class to get my first newspaper reporting job. That was a lot to do in a year or so span and I became a different person because of it. I feel like this is the first year span since then that I see simila...

Well it seems like this may be late in the day to be giving a definitive position about"Obamacare" or The Affordable Care Act but I think it's the perfect time. Unlike a lot of people I kept a fairly open mind about this piece of legislation. I did not rush to judgement and give Republican talking points or Democratic talking points about how bad or good it would be. Time has now passed and I think it's safe to say the world of healthcare has caught up with the legislation and it is how it is going to be with Obamacare. With that preamble out of the way I have to  say that Obamacare has been a disaster. It has given more people healthcare coverage but it has made healthcare coverage in general way worse. Premiums are more expensive, deductibles are outrageous, Co-pays are higher, any non-basic medicine or procedure is now challenged or not covered by the insurance companies. Before Obamacare millions more people didn't have insurance and you would think it wo...

Well it's that time of the every other year or so were I actually do a blog post. I'm not sure why I don't post here more? Maybe because I've been writing professionally now for so long that I don't like to write for free as much as I used to? Or maybe I just get burned out on writing or commentating on stuff? Probably a little bit of both. Life is funny, if you are a fairly functional human being you learn and you grow. I feel like with all of the big downs and big ups that I've personally been through over the last few years I'm a different person now then I was even 5 years ago. This is becoming evident in my professional life as well as personal. I will have some big news coming within the next 3-6 months hopefully that really could change my life for the better career-wise. If that doesn't pan out it's back to the drawing board and that has been a scary thought for me. I feel like I'm starting to be ok with that. I hate to fail, I even...