About Travis Gibbs
All the efforts at a bio just seem silly. After all, how interesting is a bio from an unknown beta-society member—a standing for which I make no apologies. Besides, the point of any of these writings is not about the author.
Still, I’ve been advised that something should be said, so here’s that something: I’m the father of three, now adult children, and one grandchild, all of whom have changed my life in ways that touch me deeply and will count me one of the lucky humans.
I was a full-time psychology professor at a community college–now a Professor Emeritus as I retired in the summer of 2020, just before my 73rd birthday. That career was also a gift for me and I hope for at least some students as well.
While I appreciate many human institutions like academia, I’ll likely never learn to get on with those who worship personal power and influence–those who want to be right as opposed to getting things right. But I’m not the lighthouse in the storm or the keeper of anyone else’s gate, so I limit myself to speaking up at times in the sometimes struggle to get things right.
We are all aliens in a Galactic Bar, so there is little reason for self-righteous indignation because of our differences, even while we can be amazed at those differences. That’s what this “blog” is about–reaching out and giving voice to our differences and our similarities, in the spirit of learning, playing, and connecting, even if it gets tangled up at times. After all, there are a lot of paradoxes to navigate so we might as well have a bit of fun while we journey.
Recent Thoughts
- January 1, 2021: Goodbye, Hello, and Transitions
- December 1, 2020: Beauty, Bread, Civil Behavior, and Redemption
- November 7, 2020: Vote—Follow-up
- November 1, 2020: Vote: The Either-Or Conundrum
- October 1, 2020: Go-Bag Essentials for the “End of the World”
- September 1, 2020: Retiring in the Time of COVID-19
- August 1, 2020: Reframe the Conversations, Reset the Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors?
- July 1, 2020: How Craziness Wins the Day: Nonproductive Personalities
- June 1, 2020: The Thin Veneer of Civility, Reconstructed for Strength
- May 1, 2020: The Cry We Haven’t Yet Had
- April 2, 2020: A Very Partial Story of Janis May
- March 1, 2020—Part I: The Political Lion versus The Political Chameleon
- March 1, 2020—Part II: Establishing a Basic Floor of Thriving: Partial Repost with Alterations from September 18, 2017 originally entitled: Awake, Focus, and Come Together
- February 1, 2020: The Curious Lesson Learned by Conejo the Cat and More About the Art of Stopping and Starting Over Again?
- January 1, 2020: A New Year of Acceptance and the Art of Stopping and Starting Over Again?
Stream of Consciousness
What people are saying
- Travis Gibbs on April 2, 2020: A Very Partial Story of Janis May
- Queenofchaos06 on April 2, 2020: A Very Partial Story of Janis May
- Travis Gibbs on November 1, 2019: The Trouble with Civility, Part II
- Edgar on November 1, 2019: The Trouble with Civility, Part II
- Travis Gibbs on July 1, 2019: Stoical in a Time of General Sorrow?
- Edgar on July 1, 2019: Stoical in a Time of General Sorrow?
- Edgar on January 31, 2019: Mind Hack: Part Deux (see the blog dated December 10, 2016)
- Travis Gibbs on January 31, 2019: Mind Hack: Part Deux (see the blog dated December 10, 2016)
- Edgar on January 31, 2019: Mind Hack: Part Deux (see the blog dated December 10, 2016)
- Travis Gibbs on April 29, 2018: A World of Full of Intersections
- Edgar on April 29, 2018: A World of Full of Intersections
- Travis Gibbs on March 26, 2018: Part IV: Courage
- Edgar on March 26, 2018: Part IV: Courage
- Travis Gibbs on Contact
- arianamromero on Contact
- Travis Gibbs on July 17, 2016: Making American Great Again? Telling it like it is?
- deborahdearest on July 17, 2016: Making American Great Again? Telling it like it is?
- Travis Gibbs on June 10, 2016: The Ratings Phenomenon
- adamgc91 on June 10, 2016: The Ratings Phenomenon
- Travis Gibbs on June 7, 2016: Who Can Use the Toilet?
- Immune2Tasers on June 7, 2016: Who Can Use the Toilet?
- Travis Gibbs on Contact
- ndelao on Contact
- Travis Gibbs on June 3, 2014: God and Machine
- actions on June 3, 2014: God and Machine
- Travis Gibbs on September 9, 2013: The Not Even Ready for Bumper-Sticker Philosophy
- Travis Gibbs on More Same Ol’, Same Ol’: November 25, 2013
- Lyla on More Same Ol’, Same Ol’: November 25, 2013
- Lyla on September 9, 2013: The Not Even Ready for Bumper-Sticker Philosophy
- Travis Gibbs on Contact
- Megan TLe on Contact
- Megan TLe on Contact
- Travis Gibbs on Contact
- Megan TLe on Contact
- Travis Gibbs on Contact
- Travis Gibbs on Renewal: One : Chasing Our Tails
- Travis Gibbs on More Caring and Less Carrying?: Political Diversions, Part II
- v1felipe on More Caring and Less Carrying?: Political Diversions, Part II
- v1felipe on Contact
- eThoughts: Freedom, Choice, and Enlightenment on Renewal The Non-Ordinary Reference Pages
- eThoughts: Holidays, Good Will, Genuineness, Control, Awareness, Love, Grace, and Experience | Travisgibbs.com on eThoughts : We Are and the Age of Clarity
- eThoughts: Freedom, Choice, and Enlightenment | Travisgibbs.com on Renewal Six : Choice Eventually Limits Choice
- Nice on Renewal: One : Chasing Our Tails