Last year, I completed a rite of passage. Most of my friends that are my age had accomplished this rite of passage at least ten years ago. What was the rite of passage? I had my first colonoscopy. My friends teased me that I hadn’t had one yet. My previous doctor didn’t think I was…
The Around the Bay (ATB) road race is five weeks away now. Tick. Tock. And you know how I made a bold statement last week? I said I was going to run 20km this week. I said it. But alas, I didn’t do it. I saw a friend’s post about “eating the frog” first thing…
A little over a week ago, I spoke about Seth Godin’s Ship It calendar. I had been expecting it to provide me with some jumping off topics for blog posts. But I found that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t that the notes weren’t interesting. I just didn’t feel inspired to riff on them or pass…
One of my favourite lines from the show MASH is when Frank Burns says: It’s nice to be nice to the nice. The funny thing is that I saw that episode almost fifty years ago. And yet the line remains in my memory. Popping up now and then, bringing a smile to my face. The…
You know how you know something is bad for you, but you do it anyway? I’ve read about the relationship between lack of sleep and weight gain. I’ve experienced weight gain from lack of sleep. When I’m tired, I eat more. I go to bed late and don’t get enough sleep. And the cycle continues.…
Yesterday I mentioned the Noah Kagen exercise about “asking” for 10% rebate on your coffee. And I’ve been thinking about it. Not the exercise. The process of asking for something. The thought of asking for something scares the beejeezus out of me. It’s the fear of rejection. The fear of getting a “no.” But if…
One of my goals for my five-year plan is to earn $500 from a side hustle. I don’t know what the side hustle will be. Maybe it will be my writing. Maybe it will be something else. I’ve wanted to have another source of income for years. But it’s getting from idea to reality that…
It’s funny how some bits of information can stick with you. Nine months ago, I read a post about the effects of loneliness. And I keep thinking about it. Researchers studied the impact of social isolation and unhappiness on older people. One of the findings was that loneliness ages you faster than smoking. Previous studies…
The other day I was talking about not going too fast with setting goals. Of course, some goals have their own schedules. I am scheduled to run The Around the Bay (ATB) road race in six weeks. March 24. That is a non-negotiable date. So, I’ve got to work around that deadline. I signed up…
This week, I drove the Around the Bay race route with my friend Linda. While we were driving, I was thinking about the importance of staying focused at the beginning of a race. It’s easy to get caught in other people’s excitement during a race. Especially when you are lined up with the other runners…
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