Some days there’s not much to say. That’s a good thing. I feel pretty content. It was a good day. My family is healthy. Work is good. The weather is amazing. I think I’ll just try to enjoy this feeling while it lasts. Be content while you’re content. There’s likely plenty of chances to...
Continue readingDecisions, Decisions, Decisions
We make hundreds of decisions every day. Big and small. Conscious and unconscious. Where to walk. What to eat. When to move around. How to respond to an email or ping or interruption. How to divide and prioritize our limited time. Sometimes what we want and how we want to be come into conflict...
Continue readingLayers
What you see is not always what you get. There are layers upon layers of experiences that someone else has had that you might never know about. Maybe it’s not necessary to know the details of all those layers. But knowing that they exist is important. Don’t write anyone off. Try not to judge....
Continue readingGo Deep
It takes courage and resiliency and determination to write every day. There have been many nights I have wanted to just shut off my phone and go to sleep and not write a post. On the eve of the fifth month of this project to post once a day for a year I am...
Continue readingWalk Slower
I walk fast wherever I go. I’m usually in a rush to get somewhere or get something done. If someone gets in the way or follows too closely it annoys me. I annoy myself. I used to get annoyed that the dog walked slowly. Or sniffed every blade of grass. That she couldn’t or...
Continue readingThese Hands
Growing older is surreal. I’m the same me I’ve always been but with more wrinkles and scars and memories. I look at my hands and they look the same they always have. But the skin is more worn. The joints achier. They’ve done so much work in nearly 40 years. I don’t feel different...
Continue readingSo Much Good
Today a crane fell in South Lake Union. And there was a synagogue shooting in Southern California. And I’m sure a bombing somewhere. And that guy that sits in the Oval Office probably said something horrible. And so on and so on and so on. It’s all over the news. Social media. Conversations. There...
Continue readingCould Be Worse
Could be worse. And that’s ok right? At least it’s not that. Or at least you’re only dealing with this. But. It could be better too. Could be worse is a crutch. Complacency. Being ok with less than your best or feeling your best. We let could be worse be our guide for how...
Continue readingSelf Indulgent Mess
I’m tired and annoyed and I don’t have any patience left to try to share wisdom. All I wanna do is shut my brain off at the end of the day but there are other things that come first. And sometimes that gets hard. Rowing life was wonderfully balanced in one sense. I trained...
Continue readingSay More
With less. Consolidate. Distill the message down and get right to the point. What is it that you’re really trying to say? More importantly why? If you had just one sentence to sum up what you learned or felt or discovered today what would it be? Now go spread the word....
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