Well, January went as expected. In the wrong direction. But the holiday season caught up with me, so it makes sense. My average weight was 207.8lbs (up 3.4lbs from December). My heaviest was 212.4lbs – the heaviest I’ve weighed in three years. And my lightest was 204.6lbs. The Intermittent Fasting Do-si-do continues. And even though…
I noticed it a few years ago. I had to push myself to create. Guilt myself into writing. Or impose a deadline by having to produce something by a specific date. It felt like my creative fire had gone out. And then the pandemic hit and I thought I would have the time or motivation…
The quest to reach my Marathon Weight of 180lbs continues. As expected, my weight went up last month. But it didn’t go up as much as I thought it would. My average weight for December was 184.6lbs. That was up 1.1 lbs from November. My lowest weight during the month was 181.2 lbs and my…
This was a productive week for me. I’m surprised. I accomplished many things that have been on my to do list for weeks. How did I manage this great feat? Simple. I stopped thinking so much. Don’t get me wrong. Thinking is important. More people should do it. But I think too much. I suspect…
Since November, I’ve been using a secret weapon to edit my blog posts. It’s made my writing tighter and easier to read. It’s available 24/7. And it’s free! It’s called The Hemingway Editor. There’s a paid version that you can download. But the online version is free. The awesome thing about is that it’s so…
I missed celebrating an anniversary last October. No, it wasn’t my wedding anniversary. I remembered that. Last October marked the tenth year that I have been blogging. Wow. I’ve blogged in fits and starts over the years. And the subjects of my posts have ranged all over the place. There was my “year of living…
I’ve used affirmations for years. I think that’s one of the reasons the Miracle Morning and the SAVERS were so easy for me to adopt. Sometimes I use wishful affirmations where you make a statement that you hope will some day be true. Like “I have an abundance of wealth” or “I pay all my…
I’m reading The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman. It’s a pragmatic view on how to achieve peace of mind. I’m only on chapter 3, so I can’t review the book yet, but I’m enjoying it so far. I’ve been mulling over one of the lines from the book:…
It’s been over two years since I started doing the Miracle Morning. I’m still not crazy about the name. But I can’t deny the effectiveness of Hal Elrod’s idea: Get up early and start doing your Life SAVERS. Silence/Meditation Affirmations Visualization Exercise Reading Scripting/Journaling I’m still doing the MM every day. Or mostly every day. …
Four years ago, Deb and I put on a play at the Hamilton Fringe Festival. It’s called The Lost Years and it’s an affectionate look at our journey through parenthood. Recently, Deb suggested we should remount it online. It would be fun to put it on again. And it would give us something “theatrical” to…
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