Depressive Hacks R&D

As I sit here having decided I want to write about this, I'm still not exactly sure about the end goal. Here is what I know: I have had clinical depression since about 2008. It was most likely earlier than that, but a fairly passive attempt at your own life kind of sticks out to you, even years later, so that's generally where I ballpark things. I can remember walking from school to the babysitter's and just being over everything. I grew up in a very small town. We didn't get a ton of traffic. There are two main roads that come into town and on this fateful day, there happened to be a semi-truck coming down the road. It was the dead of winter. Absolutely freezing outside. There was this massive vehicle coming my way and I had to cross the street. Any reasonable person could've figured out the timing correctly to cross without any issues. Truthfully, it was the only vehicle I'd seen in a couple minutes anyways. Then, I got this idea: fuck up the crossing on purpo...

I've often wondered what starting a blog would look like. It was over two years ago that I started researching what blog ownership and creation entail. After much consideration, as well as some key discussions with different connections I have made since launching Depressive Hacks on Twitter and Instagram earlier this year, I finally decided to pull the trigger and launch a blog. When I first thought about the mission of Depressive Hacks, I had no idea what I was looking to do. When people talk about launching a business or work in general, the phrase "do what you love" is thrown around a lot. I greatly admire anyone who is able to make their passions and their work match up. This is not an easy task and should be applauded. Writing has always come naturally to me and over a year ago, I started writing for hire online. It's now been almost 20 months since I started this process and this is the first thing I have written that is not for a freelance contract for a custo...