The good thing about Monday mornings is reading an email from Mark Manson. Today, he made mention about how life will always have a tension between being perfect as you are right now, and the the call to personal improvement. What a nice reminder to wake up to. As I thought about this concept, I found it entered my Morning… Read more →
When I first wrote this, I had just listened to a podcast between Tim Ferris and Derek Sivers. I’ve since listened Derek’s podcast with James Altucher. Derek can be found at sivers.org and you’ll want to find him because he’s very positive and he’s accomplished a lot without having to be an asshole or stress himself out too much. In… Read more →
When I was young, I had life figured out. I knew that God Heavenly Father had a plan for me. I knew the Book of Mormon was the word of God, and that it was translated from Golden Plates by Joseph Smith. I knew, also, that Joseph Smith had seen God, the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. Plus all… Read more →
I didn’t hear that Kate Spade had died until late in the evening. My wife told me. She found out on facebook or instagram or something. The way that I discover news is by hearing it by friends on Slack or by my wife. I haven’t found that I miss out on much. But, arguably, I’m rarely the first to… Read more →
Here’s the thing, I, like you, don’t want to die without having accomplished a few meaningful things in my life. And, probably unlike you, I’m getting up there in age and I’m relatively unaccomplished, and I used to think there was always time, but now I worry that it will never happen. And, I know what all the productivity coaches… Read more →
Happy New Year. Now that you’re motivated again to make some changes in your life, I’ve got some advice for you and I hope you take it because I know I probably won’t, but I know that I’d probably live better if I did. I’ve lived a while now. I’m very observant. And I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And… Read more →
I celebrated Bastille day, yesterday. But apparently the French don’t refer to it as Bastille day, they call it La Fête Nationale. Which means National Celebration. Which, really, means they could be celebrating anything. But it happens on July the 14th because that’s when the storming of the Bastille happened a little ways back in 1789. And, given that I… Read more →
the first 12 years of my life weren’t my fault. in fact, that could maybe be said for the first 21. i say that, but the truth is i wish i had made different decisions back when i was really young. i grew up mormon. i was such a pleaser. SUCH a pleaser. i did everything i thought i was… Read more →