Yesterday I followed up my Core Values post by writing about the three values I chose that I felt are already a guiding part of my life. Today I wanted to comment on the two I added that I wanted to make a higher priority: Curiosity and Self-Respect. I spent some time trying to decide if I should …
I mentioned in my last post that I had gone through the list of Core Values on James Clear's website and selected five: Adventure, Curiosity, Knowledge, Recognition, and Self-Respect. Today I want to write some thoughts on the three that I think are already a high priority in my life: Adventure, Knowledge, and Recognition. I realize this is the …
After I finished reading James Clear's Atomic Habits, I began to go through some of the other resources on his website and came across the idea of Integrity Reports. At the end of each year, he reflects on the year that passed and plans for the year to come by asking three questions: What are the core …
I was looking through Instagram and came across this post by Thomas Frank. He talks about having a conversation with his mom that somehow led to Mississippi and how he realized he couldn't think of another city in the state other than Jackson. Like most of us looking up anything factual, he instinctively reached for his phone …
This post will be published about an hour before my self-imposed (and financially backed) deadline. Partly because I'm on vacation and we were at the beach and partly because when we got back to the apartment, the power was out and the wifi is currently my only source of internet connectivity. It has been a while …
I remember when I moved to Montpellier and started learning French, people would ask me if I had started to dream in French yet. "That's when you know that you can really speak the language," they would say. Over time, two things happened: 1) I did start incorporating some French into my dreams, and 2) …
The last time that I conducted a formal interview was in 2004. I was in a communications class during my undergraduate degree, and I interviewed a British professor at Boston University for an assignment. He was a scientist, which lended a commonality, and also had been knighted, which led a high degree of intrigue. I …
Shorter post today as we are packing and getting ready for tomorrow, but at the same time I would like to blatantly crowd-source some advice. Most people are familiar with the idea of a Bucket List, where you create a list of things that you want to do before you die or 'kick the bucket'. …
Like many people, I wanted to lose a few pounds in January. I'm actually in probably the top 10% physical shape that I've been as an adult, but Gwenn and I leave for Costa Rica on Sunday, and I wanted to be a little slimmer for the beach. So this month we've been experimenting with intermittent …
A year ago I posted for the first time in a long time from a hospital waiting room about how I decided to take on a personal gratitude project for the year. I had recently purchased a little gratitude set that came with 52 letters along with stickers to seal them. The idea was each week to write a …
Chortles and Harrumphs 