Where’s today’s Skeptic’s Inspirational entry, you ask????
This is it!
The online posting of The Skeptic’s Inspirational entries was a year-long project to share the daily catalysts, insights, and reflections in a simple, convenient-to-read way online. By that measure, it was a total success! It did not garner many followers, but I think that was due to my lack of promoting it more. (Ugh. Marketing. Well…you see my problem…)
But it’s not a project I plan to repeat. Instead, as you probably already know, I’ve moved forward with publishing The Skeptic’s Inspirational in book form and, eventually, as a workbook.
It’s a project that has been decades in the making.
Long ago I dreamed of creating a book that would help people deal with their daily lives in a supportive, encouraging way. At first I focused on inspirational quotes, then shifted to organizing entries by themes. Eventually, I abandoned most of the quotes and decided to mix up the themes throughout the year instead of doing months or weeks on specific ones.
Which is to say, the original idea went through a lot of changes before arriving in the final form(s) you have enjoyed reading over the course of 2025.
But that took nearly 20 years, believe it or not. I came up with the idea back in 2005, right after I made my big move from Orlando to Tallahassee. Suffering from the catastrophic impact of the 2004 hurricane season on Florida, I was desperately searching around for comfort, support, and inspiration as I went about trying to rebuild my life and save my (doomed) marriage.
Prayer books, daily devotionals, self-help journals…I tried so many things. Some of them worked a little, and I really loved the format of the daily devotionals I found. However, I wanted something less devotional and more philosophical, a daily source of insights and thought-provoking questions that were not steeped in one specific religion, spirituality, or philosophy (Stoics, I appreciate you! But we are not the same!).
There are plenty of nonreligious daily inspirational calendars out there, to be sure. In fact, many years ago, my Aunt Sheila gave me a flip book that was, basically, a “year of feminism” filled with quotes by feminists, which I kept on my various work desks for so long that it fell apart. So, I understood that my idea for a “skeptic’s inspirational” was not ground-breakingly unique. Yet, for all of that, I could not find anything similar anywhere I looked.
I wanted something that was not overtly spiritual or religious, but also not overtly anti-spiritual or anti-religion. My goal was to create a humanity-focused “devotional,” one that people of any faith or philosophy—or lack thereof—could use comfortably. Religious people could use it to supplement their morning prayers, for instance, while stalwart atheists could use it on its own.
Since I could not find it, I decided to make it. And then I figured out why it was not something that had been done before.
…it was a challenging project, in other words. insert LOLSOB meme here ahahaha
But I did it, and now it’s DONE!
Thank you so much for being on this journey with me. Knowing that people have read these entries and found value in them means so, so much to me. I am so grateful!
Thank you, and I hope you have a fantastic 2026!
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