How about a quick, happy story? We could all use one of those. My friend’s son had a birthday a couple days ago. He turned five years old. Celebrating birthdays right now takes some creativity. My friend made a poster and put it outside of her house for her guy’s special day. A local tow […]
Mental Health
Day 40: Making Freakin’ Luck
I usually listen to podcasts when I run. One of my favorite podcasts is the Jocko Podcast. Jocko Willink is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer and author of the book Extreme Ownership: How Navy SEALs Lead and Win. I love him. He is the co-founder of Echelon Front, where he teaches businesses how to […]
Day 34: Just Because Flowers
This morning I got a notification from USPS that my package had been shipped and would be arriving sometime between 11:15 am and 2:15 pm. I ordered some replacement parts for my vacuum early this morning — like around 5:30 — so I knew it wasn’t that. I could not for the life of me […]
Day 27: GOOD
I was introduced to Jocko Willink a couple years ago. He’s a retired Naval officer and former Navy SEAL and now he runs a super successful consulting firm. He’s also written a couple of really successful books and has his own Podcast — the Jocko Podcast. My first introduction to Jocko was the book he […]
Day 20: A Message For The Teachers
Number 6 is nine years old and in 4th grade. Of all the kids, he is struggling the most with distance learning. He has very little tolerance for frustration, and his default reaction is crying. I often call it rage crying. He goes from zero to a hundred in like 3 seconds. I think wrestling […]
Day 10: Now Is NOT The Time To Neglect Yourself
In the past nine days I have spent approximately eleven hours away from the kids. There have been two trips to the grocery stores — one last Saturday and one yesterday — totaling about 5 1/2 total hours between two different stores in each trip and also shopping for my parents. The other 5 hours […]