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LIFE

Mid-GRIT

Mid-GRIT

Mike and I are in the middle of our 28-day GRIT challenge. This includes an intense physical daily workout. You are not allowed to miss a day. If you do, you’re booted from the group. It doesn’t matter if you’re tired or don’t feel like doing it. It doesn’t matter if...

Humor Makes It Less Awful

Humor Makes It Less Awful

My mother, sister, and I are all drawn to morbid and terrible things. We’re not happy that the morbid and terrible things have happened, but since pretending they don’t exist doesn’t do any good, we indulge in a bit of fascination with them.
I mean, you can’t make them un-happen.

Inconvenience or Adventure?

Inconvenience or Adventure?

I learned a magic trick. It goes like this: with a little shift in my perspective, I can turn an inconvenience into adventure. I used to be a complainer. Flight canceled? Insomnia? Difficult people? Crappy job? Illness? I could stomp my feet and pout and mope like it...

Elementary Role Models

Elementary Role Models

When it comes to those who lead by example, we don’t have to turn on the television or the computer, or look for someone older or wiser, or try to identify someone in our field with more money or accolades.

Identifying Cause & Effect

Identifying Cause & Effect

​In grade school we first learn about cause and effect. I remember worksheets with phrases like: Mom forgot the oven was on and the bread was burned. (Okay, that was never one of the sentences, but both Mike and I have mothers famous for their black-bottomed bread)....

Blue Sky Mind

Blue Sky Mind

Picture the Blue Sky, which represents your mind. It has a calm and clarity that are always there. This is your mental baseline.

Grateful for All the Sucky Things

Grateful for All the Sucky Things

I think a lot about gratitude, not just because it’s trendy, but because I really BELIEVE in it. That it’s important, that it brings happiness, that it’s priceless, that we have an infinite supply. To fully understand gratitude and have an appreciation for it, I think...

5K Day

5K Day

After all, there have been plenty of times when I was sure I wouldn’t be able to complete something, only to surprise myself. And then other times when my arrogance leaves me far short of my goal.

LEGACY

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LIVELIHOOD

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