Sometimes I have more ideas to write than I have available waking hours. This isn’t to say that I have lots of ideas, but rather that I’m short on the waking hours part. Today is the second day where my planned topic for the post ended up spiraling into an uber in depth article rather than a small thought. Because …
I few months back I started reading The ONE Thing. It’s a great book that, in a nutshell, aims to help you find what one thing you can do in a given context (at work, in your marriage, or even as big as in your life as a whole) to get better results. I’m still only about a third of …
It was a beautiful day in Portland today, and I was hoping to get out for a nice long bike ride to celebrate. Instead, I ended up having to look after our older daughter (18 months) for a bit, and wasn’t going to be able to get the ride in. That is, until I remembered that I just picked up …
No one likes to be wrong. Sometimes (often times?) even when we know we’re wrong, we won’t admit it, instead we get defensive and try to come up with some sort of story about how we’re correct. I’ve learned that in most cases this strategy doesn’t work. I mean, when you’re wrong, and you know you’re wrong, just admit it. …
Such are the thoughts of a tired father. As you may notice if you’re reading other posts on my website, live with a second little one around the house has caused a (hopefully temporary) lack of sleep and general life chaos. My brain fries more easily, my thoughts aren’t as sharp, and did I mention tiredness? Here’s a quick glimpse …
Today’s post is brought to you by the effects of not getting enough sleep. I’m enjoying writing the occasional poem on the blog, but I also have to be honest and let you know that most of these poems are written late at night, typically with at least a little hint of sleep deprivation. Hence the recurring theme of, well, …
I’m currently sitting in a solid streak of over 40 days of writing. Some days I write more, some less. Some days I’m happy with my writing, some I’m not. But I’m still writing, and I’ve gotten into a good routine of coming up with things to write. I would have never thought I’d be able to have something new …
I was scheduled to travel to Ironman 70.3 St. George in Utah this coming weekend to shadow the race director as part of my training for Ironman 70.3 Traverse City later this summer. I was also planning to attend meetings in Traverse City for said race early next week. It was going to be a seven or eight day trip, and …
For over ten years now, I’ve been operating Endurance Evolution, a race management company in northwest lower Michigan. I’m a very hands-on person, and I’m not the type of owner/operator that just sits back and watches others do all the work. I do everything from social media management, to packing the truck on race weekend, to setting up course signs, …
As my eyes fall heavy, I try to think. Nothing comes. I stare at the screen. I let my eyes close. They open again, and I know. I know I must. I must write. Write something. Anything. Today is a poem.