Just because something is hard doesn’t mean you’re not good at it. No one is the master of anything without hard work. Without failure. Without struggle and doubt and pain. But even if you’re struggling to master something that doesn’t mean you’re not good at it. I’m reminded daily how hard parenting is. I’m...
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I feel empty. So I’m filling myself up with chocolate. When work ends the real hard and meaningful works resumes- being a parent. Tonight I didn’t have much to give. I feel depleted. I won’t let myself indulge in this for long. But I will acknowledge it. Just how damn hard it can be....
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Time as a concept is infinite. Your time is not. Your time is finite. So what are you going to do to maximize the time you have?...
Continue readingDo You Even Blog?
A teammate asked me today “have you blogged this week?” I haven’t. I’ve had ideas. Some I’ve written down. Others I haven’t. Sometimes I go back to the ones I’ve written down and have no idea what I was thinking. But it’s good to get them out none the less. I have a friend...
Continue readingDon’t Suffer In Silence
It’s not easy to suffer. It’s even harder to suffer in silence. Asking for help is hard. Maybe you’re embarrassed. Maybe you don’t know who to ask. Maybe you’re just too vulnerable. As much as we have to take ownership over asking for help it’s also important that others feel empowered to reach out...
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Maybe you’re feeling stressed, anxious, or disappointed at the end of the day. Perhaps it’s because you didn’t set clear and measurable goals. We can be “busy” all day but get nothing meaningful done. Start the day with goal setting. Block your day to hit those goals and stick to it. End the day...
Continue readingWhat Are We Becoming
You are what you eat. Or so the old saying goes. And now it feels like you are what you quarantine. Dark chocolate chips. Red wine. Binge watching Netflix. Injuries. Scones. Smoke all around. Sadness. Not to mention all the actual problems in the world that aren’t going away any faster than Covid is...
Continue readingTake Control
There are lots of things we don’t control in life. Global pandemics. People wearing masks down under their noses. Trends like Mac n’ cheese on/in your sandwich. And there are greater inevitabilities that will continue no matter how hard we resist, like the sun setting/rising, the seasons changing, and growing older. It can almost...
Continue readingHow To Suck At Writing: A Bottom Ten List
1. Just don’t write 2. Have cool ideas and then don’t bother to write them down 3. Tell yourself it has to be perfect 4. Scroll through Instagram for two hours instead 5. Eat a bowl of cereal when you have some “free time” 6. Care what other people think about your writing 7....
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The only cure for boredom is invention. You can’t wait for the cool stuff to happen or for direction from someone else. Change is a builders best friend. Your mentality has to be “ill do it myself.” Doesn’t mean you won’t bring others with you. But that you won’t wait for the things you...
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