What started this

While it is true that I have always been told, ‘geez, Max, you have no filter’, this is not the impetus for my card business. I’ve always been quick with my opinions, loud in my views, and snarky as all hell. No, not having a filter isn’t what got me here, although I draw from it every day. What got me into this was my divorce.

I was running around like an Uber driver, as usual, and thinking about my to do list, when it hit me! It was the anniversary month of my divorce to Jay. 1 whole year! In that time, I had moved into a new home, had it fully decorated, kept my kids in the same town, on the same bus line, had put them in therapy. In general, despite my anxiety and fear at not being able to make it, I had. And I wanted to celebrate the occasion that allowed me to find my new sense of self – my divorce.

I didn’t look at it in a negative way –and certainly it wasn’t the divorce my parents had – and yet - I couldn’t find a place that expressed these hopefuls, sarcastic, liberating, sad, conflicting thoughts. And not one congratulations on our divorceaversary. So, I created my own.

Our experiences are our own and we can’t control all of them – I had no control over my parents’ divorce – and- while I could have maybe prevented mine – it was better for all of us to separate the marriage (not the family).

What I can own – and what I can control- is how I deal with my feelings and how I manage the mood and the energy around me. And I prefer – and have always preferred – to handle them with no filter, in an ‘I don’t give 2 %#$^’ way.

Welcome.