written by Tommy Angelo DeucesCracked Coach
published over 2 years ago

Heedless. Is that a beautiful word or what? It takes something that’s hard to put into words, and puts it into one.

Here’s are some synonyms I found online: careless, negligent, thoughtless, unthinking, inattentive, unmindful, and unobservant. Those last two especially made me want to start remembering to use this word.

I recently saw the word “heedless” applied to the phase change that happens when addictive behavior really kicks in. Or anger blasts. Or food orgies. Or poker tilt. Or anything that can make one suddenly… heedless. There’s before heedlessness. And there’s after it. It’s a pretty clear line. At least it is when I watch myself cross it.

Tommy Angelo