Author: Joshua Richard
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I’m Going Through Struggles In Life With A Smile On My Face
There was arguably one era of my life that was darker than any other time I’ve experienced. It was plagued with anger, lashing out at family, breaking things in my house, and also a significant amount of sorrow, despair, and mental turmoil. Without a doubt, I define this part of my past as the toughest…
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Yes, it’s Possible for a Night Owl to Serve at Church on Sunday Mornings (A Continuation)
This was a major issue in my life. Sleeping through the sunlight, and waking up for the moon to come out. It didn’t seem to matter how I adjusted my routine. Every day, I was struggling to wake up earlier than 5pm. Because I’d be so well-rested at bedtime, I ended up staying awake until…
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New Job, New Career Path, New Chapter in Life
Crazy how life works. Over the past few years, I’d been struggling to get into a line of work that I was really passionate about. It was something that confused me, because I spend every day in the industry, working and improving myself. I love the work, and I even had a pretty significant motivation…
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You Shouldn’t Finance That New Guitar
Let me be clear, I don’t want to impose my beliefs on anyone, so I’ll simply say that this is my own opinion, and thoughts on my current life. However, if you find yourself in the same or a similar situation, this perspective might be worth considering. I’ve never been very well-off. As a matter…
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Homelessness, Schizophrenia, and Other Difficult Experiences as a Young Musician
The trouble started in my first years of homeschool, which was how I started with my formal education as a kid. I began taking piano lessons as an extracurricular activity. I actually hated piano lessons, and I hated school…come to think about it, there was not much that I didn’t hate. I was an angry…
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Is It Possible for a Night Owl to Serve at Church on Sunday Mornings?
I recently started working on the live sound team at my church, which is a new facet of the music industry to me. Live sound itself is something I’ve only now just started delving into. Or at least on the in person, implementation level – I’ve done a whole lot of research on the gear,…