Category: Honey, It’s For You

How to know for sure

Florida beach sunflower
Couple days ago at sunset on Sanibel Island.

 

Florida beach sunflower and Teddy Bear
Jack. He still travels everywhere.

 

When we stop trying we stop caring.

Or is it, when we stop caring we stop trying?

Does it matter?

It doesn’t matter which we believe comes first. Either way it’s the same bottom line – we no longer care nor try.

 

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This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

The winningest women’s college basketball coach died recently

Sanibel sunset
Family. We think and hope all our Family members will live to a ripe old age. Photo last night.

 

Pine Island Southern tip
We visited Pine Island’s northern and southern tip (above) yesterday. Pine Island is Florida’s largest at 18 miles x 2 miles. It ends here. Everything eventually comes to an end. It was an hour drive from Sanibel.

 

The winningest women’s college basketball coach died recently.

Article snippet:

 

She was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2011 at the age of 59. Summit decided to retire in 2012, taking the role of “head coach emeritus.”

 

Above average physical health means nothing.

This is so easy to forget.

So we do.

Each day i fight the battle that begins with, “Your crazy idea that you want to live like your 60th birthday is your end day is overreacting.”

Says who?

Overreacting is an easy finger to point.

Live like you mean it.

PS. In 1996 my Dad, 58 years old, was diagnosed with early onset, rapid-progression Alzheimer’s disease.  My 57th birthday was a couple weeks ago.

 

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This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

Working at the beach epiphany

Sanibel Island thunderstorm
Metaphorical example of midlife crisis shortly before we fall to our knees.

 

Working at the beach epiphany…

When you reach a point where you just want to scream or fall apart, the next step after rethinking everything is deciding how badly you want to change.

And the epiphany is this:

It’s the same thing when i talk to a CEO, “How bad do you want it?”

You have to want it.

Nothing is more important than wanting it.

Without the declaration of “whatever it takes”, change will not happen.

Wish i had better news, but that’s the reality.

 

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This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

Seven years later we reach the starting line

important business questions
Yesterday’s questions become today’s motivation. Photo: iPhone pic from a Seth Godin online class.

 

Life has a funny way of providing what we need, if we stay with it and ebb and flow like nature.

It is often called wisdom.

Seven years later we reach the starting line.

April Fools Day is almost here.

  • 100% certain i will continue to devote a minimum two hours a day to writing
  • 93% (a made up number) sure writing will focus on a book(s)

Perhaps the 100-day blog surplus, which evolved over several years, was divinely created to offer the opportunity that (probably) commences in 20 days.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

Finding it hard to breathe becomes status quo

Genius Scanner mobile app
Yesterday a 9th grader needed this on his phone. i got it too.

 

It’s simply easier to do scary things than it is to think about doing scary things, even though it seems backwards.

The emotional burden and drag on our attitude is insidiously heavy when we carry around unfulfilled and untried ideas.

Rather try and fail than play it safe.

Playing it safe leads to regrets.

Regrets that we discount and amass to the point of suffocation?

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