Tag: Time

Midlife denial is heaven on Earth

First day of school
Yesterday in the driveway before the first day of High School.

 

(This is the type of conversation i frequently constantly have with myself. And it’s this tough love that has helped me find the path less traveled.)

Midlife denial is heaven on Earth. We don’t have to think about the tough choices we should be making. This makes us feel better.

Coffee in the morning (and all day possibly). Alcohol in the evening.

Television, social media, food, work.

Medicated, entertained, and distracted.

Yeah, that ought to protect me us from making difficult decisions.

Denying something doesn’t make it go away.

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All we need to be gloriously ordinary are two things

Riding lawn mower near Disney
Yesterday, July 3. His second time on the mower. Another ordinary Friday morning.

 

Time has a way of tricking us into thinking the ordinary moments in life are to be rushed through so we can get to the good stuff.

The good stuff is the ordinary stuff.

And all we need is a present and grateful mindset.

But alas, we are too busy to focus.

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Why life’s boring basics are key to any success

Feet x-ray
Two days ago…one foot in front of the other…

 

Why life’s boring basics are key to any success. Let’s call them out:

  • Consistency
  • Time

Effort, done consistently over a long period of time does what?

It produces results that are never achievable otherwise.

Inconsistency and impatience are status quo. The power of the pessimistic Herd hypnotizes us, poisons us, numbs us.

Dreaming big and making slow and steady progress has the same influential ability wind and water have on rock, over time.

The boring basics.

Invest heavily.

Put all your eggs in one basket.

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The long way is the short cut

iPhone calculator screen shot
Today is the 2,239th consecutive day since 04.01.09

 

Life is brutal at beating our dreams out of us.

There is an antidote to get around this dilemma.

Keep going when all seems lost or impossible.

The long way is the short cut.

If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

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Photo: Yesterday. Tallied up the number of consecutive days i’ve written five daily, differently-themed blog posts. It was only supposed to last 100 days.