Brian Leekley

@bleekley (8)

United States • Age 84

Joined myLot 10 years ago

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Replace the War On Drugs with sensible regulation and social programs

Brian Leekley @bleekley (8) • United States 7 Jun 16

The so-called War On Drugs in the USA has been very harmful to society. I don't see the sense of labeling drug addicts criminals and putting them in prison. Alcoholics—booze addicts—aren't called felons and put in prison. My...

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Birthday 2016 Intentions for the Coming Year of Brian Leekley Born May 30 1942

Brian Leekley @bleekley (8) • United States 1 Jun 16

1. Practice "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey. 2. Do my routines. 3. Get healthy, strong, limber, and fit. 4. Get more writing finished—set myself deadlines or challenges. 5. Set aside regular time to...

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Making a living as a writer

Digital Nomad @VinayaG (550) • Kathmandu, Nepal 1 Mar 16

making a living as an online writer is really difficult. English is my second language and I am competing again people who are using English as first language. After a decade of writing, I have come to a conclusion that writing is...

writing

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Brian Leekley Making a living as an online (or an offline) writer is really difficult also for those of us for whom English is our first language. You have made a lot more headway towards accomplishing it than I have.

18 May 16

Have you use speech to text program

Digital Nomad @VinayaG (550) • Kathmandu, Nepal 2 Mar 16

I I don't have any experience with speech to text program. For people who can speak their ideas well,this program will really be very helpful, however, for the people who have difficulty in speaking their ideas, this program will...

software

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Brian Leekley I have been using Dragon Naturally Speaking for years. I write my ideas first in longhand with pen and paper and then dictate that using DNS. The program improved a lot over the years, and I learned tricks to more effectively use it, and I got a computer...

18 May 16

Eating more when depressed

Digital Nomad @VinayaG (550) • Kathmandu, Nepal 5 Mar 16

I have this problem I eat more when I am stressed or depressed. Since I am living a stressed life, I tend to eat more every day which has resulted n overweight.

eating disorder

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Brian Leekley Have a look at the book IS LIVING KILLING YOU? AN ANALYSIS OF SELF-DEFEATING BEHAVIORS by Dorothy Eppstein. It is about the author's experience helping alcoholics and drug addicts quit using the method "Elimination of Self-Defeating Behaviors" devised by...

18 May 16

Drugs Are Still Drugs

Artemeis @artemeis (4189) • China 11 May 16

No matter how you might want to deem it that marijuana is just weed and that it is alright and so foth. Well, I don't see it the same way when there are drug associated issues like abuse and addiction where it will make these...

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Brian Leekley The active ingredient in marijuana is a drug. So is aspirin. A drug can be harmful, helpful, or have little effect. Marijuana is not a narcotic, and it s not addictive. I just Googled to ask. In what ways, if any, is it harmful? I don't know of any reason to...

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