I’ve always been competitive, both with others and with myself. I was a really good softball player. When I was about eight-years-old I had an almost perfect batting average on my team and I loved to hit. I’d learned playing baseball in the street with my older brother and his friends. During one game I’d READ MORE
Category: Fitness
Fuelling Up
When I’m being mindful of what I’m eating, I try to focus on eating things that will give me the fuel I need to do the things that I want. Eating a lot of unhealthy food on a Sunday gets in the way of me feeling energized for my workout Monday morning. I’ll admit that READ MORE
Fun in Unlikely Situations
On Saturday it started to snow and continued snowing through to Sunday when it really started to snow. It was the worst blizzard we’d had in more than a decade. By Sunday evening much of the city was shutting down and Monday brought officials telling everyone to stay home. We woke up to snow drifts READ MORE
Is This Who I Am?
I’m doing a short meditation course that includes conversations between Dan Harris and the well-known psychologist Dr. Kelly McGonigal through the Ten Percent Happier app. The course is on Healthy Habits and each session is about 15 minutes and includes a 10 minute or so meditation. In the first session, McGonigal talks about the role READ MORE
Using the Things That Motivate Me
During my conversation with Todd Henry for the latest episode of the Better Me Podcast, we discussed his new book The Motivation Code. To get ready for the conversation, I completed The Motivation Code Assessment, which gave me some new insight into what motivates me. According to the assessment, the top five motivators in my READ MORE
The Benefits of Celebrating Wins
Last week my wife and I went golfing at a nearby course that has only 12 holes (the other six were paved over for some very large houses that I do occasionally find myself admiring before thinking “damn, those must cost a fortune to heat in the winter.” Never mind that part though, this is READ MORE
What Do I Need to Learn / Practice to Do That?
I’ve golfed more this summer than all other years combined, and the season isn’t over yet. I’ll be honest, while I’ve gotten better as the months have gone on, I’m still pretty bad at it. I’d like to cut at least 10 strokes off my game by the end of next season. We have a READ MORE
Walk, Run … Stop to Sniff
I haven’t been on my treadmill very much lately. Instead I’ve been taking my dog on two to three mile walk / runs. Of course, because she’s part beagle (best guess), it’s actually a walk / run / stop to sniff things (her, not me). I’ve often thought of our dogs as great teachers for me. READ MORE
Creating Your Motivation
In one of my journals I keep a running list of ideas for blog posts, podcasts, etc. I add an idea to the list every day. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes I look back on what I wrote and think “why on earth would I want to do anything with that?” Some days I sit down READ MORE
Think of it as Smart-Care, Not Self-Care
I’ve written about and talked about on the podcast about the importance of putting your oxygen mask on first. If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of others. Too often, however, we think of “self-care” as “selfish care”. I’ve known that for a long time, but people, especially women often put READ MORE
