The Yellow Brick Road Gets Shorter as We Age: Love, Regret, and Real Connection
A reflective, sharp, and quietly hopeful series on love, aging, regret, and emotional growth. Told through the voice of The Cynical Romantic, this 11-part journey explores relationships, fear, comfort, and what it means to keep choosing love as time becomes more finite.
ADHD, OCD and Soulmates Part 4
For years my favorite story about myself was simple: I’m a great guy who just hasn’t met the right person.
It explained everything—bad breakups, messy marriages, why I was always exhausted from trying so hard. Then one day a doctor asked me a few questions and said, ‘Have you considered ADHD?’
Suddenly ‘great guy’ wasn’t the whole picture. That intense devotion? A lot of it was hyperfocus. The grand gestures and fast commitments? Impulsivity in a nice shirt. The panic when someone pulled away? Rejection sensitivity on full blast.
Getting that word didn’t excuse my choices—but it finally explained the script I kept repeating in every relationship.
Sometimes the label doesn’t limit you.
It just explains the chaos.
Naming Your Emotions
Ever replay a conversation three days later and finally figure out what you felt?
This post explores emotional awareness, overthinking, and why learning to name your emotions can change the way you experience relationships.