Category: 90 Days Ahead

Three Things That Happen When We Compare Ourselves?

Our stairway to heaven...?

When we compare ourselves to others, three things happen to us:

  1. We can feel great about fitting in and following the Herd.
  2. We can feel awful for not having the courage to take a different path.
  3. We get to pick one and live with ourselves for the rest of our lives.

Our clock is ticking. We know deep down what we desire in life. We have permission to go after it. Go!

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Back To… You Win Some And Lose Some

I wonder if he thought the day was an epic failure? Probably not.

Compared to two days ago, yesterday was an epic failure. The whole Family was off (MLK day) and we even had two other boys for most of the day. Beautiful weather too.

For years I’ve told everyone I work seven days a week in order to have some semblance of work life balance. But being a holiday and three day weekend, I swore I wouldn’t, not on a holiday.

Alas, the road to heck is paved with good intentions.

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Timing Can Be Freaky, Like Yesterday

How’s your timing, the interviewer will ask, if you are seeking to be a comic. But what about daily living, the whole carpe diem thing? Yesterday was another convincing win for “the harder you work, the luckier you get”.

We started with gathering big fuel for the campfire.
Loose sand makes climbing very challenging.
Success at the 40 foot summit.

Fairly little writing was done yesterday, but we did a ton of things worth writing about later, even though we never got more than a mile from home. Two buddies for a sleepover, a great home-cooked meal. But we did miss out on smores by the campfire…

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What Do You Write When You’re Not Sure Where To Start?

Yikes!!!!!!

We’ve all been there. Failure and success. Mostly failure. Right? Luckily we get those occasional victories. Feels good doesn’t it? But why don’t they come more frequently? Is it because we dream too big for our reality?

I guess society provides a smorgasbord of medications to distract and comfort us.

But what about those bases loaded home runs? The rare events in our lives that happen beyond anything we saw as possible. Everyone gets a few of these in their lifetime. Why only a few?

And with those few rare, big victories, there’s the reality of trying to find a humble, grateful way to celebrate those rare moments for as long and profoundly as possible.

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Bottom Line, It’s A Very Challenging Choice

Bottom Line, It's A Very Challenging Choice

We accumulate so much stuff. So many memories. Stuff we can’t dream of ever losing. Would life go on without those possessions?

I’d grab Jack the Bear, car keys, my cell phone (probably), my wallet (probably), my pocket camera (probably). There’s not much else that seems like it couldn’t be replaced. Nothing that I can think of right now anyway.

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