I just started reading Luvvie Ajayi Jones’s latest book Professional Trouble Maker: The Fear-Fighter Manual. I’ve wanted to read it since I saw this video a few months ago and finally got myself a copy last week. Take 11 minutes and watch this talk she gave at TED almost four years ago. You’ll be glad READ MORE
Category: Gratitude
This is Definitely Different Than The Last Time
There’s a forrest fire a couple of hours from here this week. On Monday the smoke here was the worst, with visibility seriously reduced and the smell of smoke seeping in everywhere. On Tuesday I woke up with a sore throat. Now, even in my not-quite-awake haze, I knew that it was likely because of READ MORE
10 Things I’m Looking Forward To
This morning, the email message from Brendon Burchard recognized how hard the past almost two years have been and recommended making a list of five things that we’re looking forward to. He said that when he sat down to do this, he ended up writing for 40 minutes. I didn’t have that much time, but READ MORE
First Getaway in a Long Time
I’m very lucky and I know it. I have a job that provides me with a good amount of paid vacation days and my wife and I make enough money to be able to go on a nice trip usually at least once per year. Our last one was to Ottawa at the beginning of READ MORE
Hold On To That
I’m almost fifty and I’ve spent half my life as a student in some kind of formal education. Much of my K-12 experience I hated. I was often bored in class so I didn’t pay attention, which left me lost much of the time. I always seemed to be a target of one of the READ MORE
Thankful For Ted Lasso
While I was late to the match, I am now hooked on Ted Lasso. For those of you who don’t know, Ted Lasso is an Apple original TV comedy staring Saturday Night Live alum Jason Sudeikis about an American football coach who’s hired to coach a British Premier Football (soccer) team. Not only is the READ MORE
Looking For Some Joy? Be Grateful, Mindful, and Intentional
I think most of us are feeling the heavy weight of the world these day what with the pandemic, climate change, and other events, which makes it harder for us to experience moments of joy. For the past week I’ve been trying to seek out or pay more attention to things that can bring me READ MORE
I Don’t Need To Apologize For Living My Life
For awhile, I don’t know exactly how long, I’ve blogged twice per week, with them being published Tuesday and Thursday, but not this week. This week I’m writing one post, and it’s not being published until Thursday. No apologize for this “lapse”. I’m living my life. Monday was our daughter’s bat mitzvah. It was a READ MORE
I Keep Coming Back to Richard Marx
There’s and old saying that “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” The quote may have come from John Godfrey Saxe but, like many old quotes, it’s been misattributed over time (in this case to Otto von Bismarck). Regardless of who said it, the point is the same. Few people READ MORE
