We spend a good portion of our lives lying to ourselves. I’ll spend a few decades working for other people, we say, so I won’t have to work anymore. And the day we stop working, we start dying. Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. Daily runs are up to 3.5 and 4 miles. Two Square Yards […]
I discovered a long time ago that two people can dedicate their lives to solving a problem and come to radically different solutions–both of them right. The interesting part comes after: do they hold on to the solutions they worked so hard to create, refusing to budge from what they know is right, or do […]
We can’t grow when we’re comfortable. The best we can hope for is pain-free stagnation. Goals status: Marathon: On Track. This morning will be the last run before my 5K race on Saturday. Two Square Yards of Earth: Making Progress. I should finish Chapter 4 this week. 100 Posts: On Track. This is my 21st […]
Worse things have happened to better men. There’s a little chestnut I’ve told myself all my adult life. Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. My son and I ran a little over four miles this morning. Turns out taking last week off didn’t kill me. Two Square Yards of Earth: Behind Schedule. I met with my […]
Some people love where they work. They love what they do and who they work with. They love their bosses, their projects, and their customers. What they make matters less to them than it does to you–not because they make more, but because they feel more fulfilled by their work. Many of these folks make […]
I heard about this one on a podcast recently. Unfortunately, I can’t remember whose podcast or which episode–I listen to several episodes of a number of podcasts every day, and I’m not very good about taking notes–but the principle stuck with me. You may have heard of this principle already. It’s the cure to a […]
You Don’t Need to Grow Your Audience. You Need This Instead. – Allison Vesterfelt. I had never heard of Allison Vesterfelt before I read the post linked above. As soon as I did, I subscribed to her blog–I knew I needed to read more of what she has to share. The post, for you TLDR […]
We all have a goal, or at least a dream, that terrifies us. Some of us have more than one. You know what I’m talking about: the thing you’ll have, or do, or be someday, if you can only find the time, or the money, or the strength, or the energy. You’re thinking of yours […]
I recently got this question, more or less, from a young person: I feel like I’m standing on the sidelines, watching other people live their lives. How do I live my life? The question resonates with me, because I asked it of myself many, many times. By the time I was in my late thirties, […]
The sixth of Todd Henry’s Everyday Acts of Bravery: Find Your Voice. Like most of these everyday acts, it takes a moment of thought to understand what finding your voice has to do with bravery. Then again, anyone who’s ever stood mute and allowed someone to verbally abuse them understands this concept intuitively. Anyone who’s […]