I’m constantly experimenting with tools, systems, and routines to try to improve my quality of life. As 2021 is coming to a close, I thought I’d write a little update on what worked for me this past year. The following … Read More
Takeaways Twelve Months into a Pandemic and Post Texas Blizzard of 2021 Gotcha. You thought this was going to be a feel-good piece. Think again… My grandparents mostly raised me. I grew up hearing stories of the great depression. During … Read More
A review on my chaotic yet productive 2020 As I sat down to write my personal tradition for this year-end review, I’m filled with an overwhelming feeling of gratitude. Probably more than usual. This past year, so many people worldwide … Read More
I’ve always disliked when the POTUS or anyone else used blanket statements to demonize the press. I mean, I know that they have evolved and have their own key demos that they are targeting and shape their stories towards those … Read More
Have you ever questioned the common cliched of “go with your strengths?” I have. I still do. In fact, my most common belief is that I want to do exactly the things that I think are my weakness because I … Read More
I have a confession. I’m addicted to my iPhone. Not just the kind of addicted where I check Facebook several times a day and spend close to an hour or so reading craziness on WSJ and CNBC before I have … Read More
I’ve lived 64 years now and have been married once, had one child, and the rest has gone by so fast it is a blur… That’s a direct quote. Directly from a journal entry that my mother had written as … Read More
The TL;DR Apologies for not writing since the beginning of the year. It’s been crazy with all that’s going on between work and life. For the first time in almost 10 years, I saw my mother. I haven’t really talked … Read More
I sit down every year around New Year’s day and pull up the things that I wanted to accomplish at the beginning of the previous year and take stock of how I did. Basically a self-audit of goals, accomplishments, and, … Read More
A Life of Meaning I recently stumbled across the greatness that is The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The book is a genius level account of Alexander’s experience in the Soviet Gulag prison labor camps of the 20th century where … Read More