Happy belated New Year! We’re nearly two weeks into 2026 and I’m only just getting around to picking up my blog again.
Over the past few weeks, people, myself included, have been reflecting on what 2025 was for them, and on what may lie ahead for 2026. I figured why not be publicly reflective, insofar as this blog is public. (I daresay that the volume of readership of my blog posts barely counts as public, but I digress.)
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It’s time for another entry in my Living Intentionally series of posts. Today, I’m going to keep it simple and talk about gratitude.
Continue reading “Living Intentionally Through Gratitude”
Now that we’ve talked about identifying your core values, I want to turn to another important piece of living intentionally – prioritizing yourself.
Continue reading “First Things First: Prioritizing Yourself to Live Intentionally”
I’ve decided to take a new approach to my outlook on life for 2024. Following an emotionally, spiritually, and physically taxing month of December, I am starting off the new year on a less-than-optimal level. I would daresay that I am borderline burned out. My wife may argue and say that I am well-beyond borderline, but with no official diagnosis, I’ll just go with how I feel. And I currently feel run down and a shell of my usual self.
While I haven’t been one to make resolutions for the past few years, I’ve decided to make a bold and, for me, challenging one for the new year. This year, I aim to be more selfish.
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Most people who know me would likely say that I am generally a pleasant, well-balanced individual who seems composed and happy most of the time. And they would be correct in their assessment. But much like social media, what you see is oftentimes a curated version of someone’s actual life. Sometimes, beneath that veneer is a bit of a rough surface.
Continue reading “Missing Pieces”
Hey! How’s it going?
I realized recently that I hadn’t actually reached out to you in a while and thought what better time to do that than now?
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Hi. This is a message for you. Yes, you.
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Social media is ever-present in most of our lives. No matter where you go, you’ve always got that handy little device in your pocket or close at hand. How many times a day do you hear that familiar notification sound and reflexively glance at your screen to see what’s going on? Pavlovian responses. It’s something that we do so unconsciously now that we usually don’t even notice how frequently we’re doing it. I’ve been absent over the past few days from my social media platforms. I decided that I needed a bit of a break, and boy did it do some good!
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A few weeks ago while on a road trip with my wife, we were listening to a podcast when I came across a quote that resonated deeply with me. We were listening to Busy Philipps’ new podcast Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best. Busy was talking to comedian Ron Funches when he said:
Get rid of all expectations, but don’t lose hope.
– Ron Funches
Although Ron was talking about how he learned to deal with his son’s autism diagnosis, I found that this was an approach to life that we should all be adopting.
Continue reading “Hold on Hope”
It’s been some time since I’ve checked in with a new blog post. Rather than drop in with another long blathering post, I’m going to take a few moments to just see how everyone is doing.
Continue reading “Covid Check-In”
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