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...
Continue readingRight Now
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....
Continue readingMeh
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...
Continue readingWhat Should I Write About
It doesn’t always have to be a story. What should I write about? If I have to ask that question am I even a writer? Does it even matter when my wife is in the next room struggling to get our three year old to sleep. So much uncertainty. Worry. Like swallowing a whole...
Continue readingCreatures Such As This
Oh boy is parenting hard. The overwhelming worry. The crying. Disrupted sleep. Lack of alone time. It’s an all day all life job. But. There is something about being a parent that makes every single bit of the good and ugly and hard absolutely worth it. Something. Everything. I watch my boys grow. Crawl....
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