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January Monthly Review: Reframing Expectations
Just like that, the first month of 2025 is over. Looking back at the month there are two locations where my energy was focused, working and training. Especially the last two weeks, it has felt like I’ve done nothing but go to work and then go to the gym, and yet I still fell short…
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2024: A Year In Review
Happy New Year! Let’s take a look back at what 2024 brought. Often we overestimate what we can accomplish in a day, a week, or a month, but we underestimate what we can do in a year. What Went Well I am often very critical of myself, thinking I should always be accomplishing more. Rarely…
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November Monthly Review: What Happened?
Hello there, It has been a while since I’ve been here. It’s like coming back to your childhood home after it has been abandoned for many years due to an apocalypse. Can you picture it? Everything is grey and dreary, the grass is waist high, broken and boarded up windows, cobwebs in the corners, the…
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5 Minute Friday: Trump, The Internet, and The Meaning of Life
Welcome back to your favorite Friday read, posted on a Saturday. The last week has been wild here in the U.S. The presidential election took place this past Tuesday and America has, for the second time in history, elected a candidate to serve a non-consecutive second presidential term. Donald Trump There are many things to…
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5 Minute Friday: New Beginnings, Career Paths, Habits
Welcome back to your favorite Friday activity, reading my random thoughts throughout the week. I have updated the title to “5 Minute Friday” rather than “3 Minute Friday”. First, because it will allow me to explain more and secondly, because I think it sounds better as a title. I hope everyone’s week went well. Let’s…
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October Monthly Review: Where to Start?
Hello Friends, October has been an interesting month. It started with a leak under the sink that turned into a whole kitchen remodel. We were without a sink for close to three weeks and have had the kitchen blocked off many times. To say that it has been an inconvenience would be an understatement and…
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September Monthly Review: Uplifting and Enjoyable
Goodbye September, Welcome October Wow, time sure does fly by. I cannot believe that it is already October. The days here have become much shorter. The temperature has been dropping and soon it’ll be coat weather. When I headed off to work this morning I could see my breath. September was supposed to be a…
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3 Minute Friday: The Future, The Present, and Fake Beauty
Hello Friends, I hope you had a great week and are enjoying a lovely Friday. The last few mornings here in New England have been cool and foggy. It seems mother nature is getting in the spooky spirit for Halloween. I’ve been thinking about my future recently. Pretty much every day for the last few…
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3 Minute Friday: Hopeful vs Optimistic, Habits, and Being Comfortable
Dear Friend, This weeks been a bit of rough one. Honestly, the last few months have been a bit rough. I’ve been constantly overwhelmed and worried. It is almost all self inflicted – worrying about the future, questioning if I am making the right decisions, and stressing that I am not accomplishing enough. The icing…
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