Take for example a marriage. First you meet. You go on a date. Size each other up. Decide you’re interested and attracted to each other. Go on more dates. Decide you want to be together. Then possibly move in together. Then decide you want to get engaged. Then plan a wedding. Then get married....
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Ok they aren’t actually bad. But they can get in the way sometimes. It’s fun to come up with new ideas. To spitball and riff. But then coming up with ideas incessantly can become a hindrance to taking action. We can get so wrapped up in perfecting an idea that we never do anything...
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When others are struggling we offer help. An encouraging word. A hug. We give our best to support them and make them feel seen and heard. This is good work. But when it comes to ourselves we are our own worst enemies sometimes. We criticize ruthlessly. Beat ourselves up. Punish ourselves for our failures....
Continue readingTil Tomorrow
I don’t have it it me to write a post right now. I’ll just say that I’m grateful and going to bed. Sometimes we can say more by saying nothing at all. Or whatever....
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Sometimes all you can do is try. It might not work out but you can try. Or is this really all we can do? You can pivot. Try something new. Scrap your project altogether. Abandon ship. Sometimes what we believe is our only “best” option is holding us back from discoveries and insights. Don’t...
Continue readingWhat Can You Do?
Whatever the difficult thing is, there’s no doubt that it’s hard. To feel lost or overwhelmed or unmotivated or angry. All valid. You can wallow. Perpetuate the negativity. Continue being angry. Reside in the self pity for a long long time. But what can you turn this bad thing into? What can you push...
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When I was 23 I decided to pack up my belongings, borrow a boat, and move to Augusta, GA to row. My goal was to make the US National rowing team. I had only been rowing for about a year and a half at Ohio State but I fell in love with the sport,...
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Continue readingLeaping Out Of Bed
Ok let’s be real. I need more sleep. So I’m not leaping out of bed these days. More like crawling. But I am motivated to get up even when I’m tired by certain things. Coffee. It’s comforting. It’s warm. It smells and tastes good. It’s the fresh start to a new day. Tastes like...
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You feel it. Something needs to change. You’re not happy. Dissatisfied. Frustrated. Disappointed. You know you need to make a move but not sure where to go or what to do. There’s this tension that won’t go away. We get really good at burying this. Trying to ignore it. But it always resurfaces someway...
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