Why I’ve Never Thrown Myself A Birthday Party

Published: Good Men Project (April 4, 2015)

Like so many Millennials, Matthew Rozsa isn’t sure he sees the point in throwing birthday parties.

It recently occurred to me that, in less than five weeks, I will be turning thirty years old. May 8th, to be exact – I was born on the same day that New Coke was released into the global marketplace with infamously lackluster results.... Read Original Article

To Stop Not Moving: The Story of a Sick Week

Published: Good Men Project (March 24, 2015)

A man who very rarely takes sick days—or weeks—discusses how he recently collapsed from exhaustion.

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The movie poster is probably fake, a cheap knock-off sold by an unscrupulous Amazon vendor, but that doesn’t bother me. I’m transfixed by the image of a single quarter, either carefully placed or carelessly tossed onto droplets of blood, which is featured dead center.... Read Original Article

Learning to Live With Dread

Published: Good Men Project (March 12, 2015)

Matthew Rozsa shares his secret for not worrying about the end of world and everything else that makes him anxious.

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Every morning I wake up with a sinking feeling in my gut.

If the day goes well, I sweat jittery bullets at the unshakable fear that the good will somehow be taken away from me and replaced with devastating disappointments and failures.

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