Last week my boss gave me a challenge. More than productivity, or professional development or adjusting to a changing health care scene — she challenged me to have focus, goals, direction, determination — and one word to sum it all up. She had seen a special on a national news channel about a man who…
When you need a reminder…
… Just look at your toes! I’ve been having a hard time keeping up the motivation for running lately dealing with a quasi-injury and nearing the big day without enough miles behind me. So these arrived just in the nick of time. I’ve been wearing them every night — because that’s when I actually…
Rotary Phones and The Proto-Internet
Technology. We seem to have a reaction to it. We either love it, think it is making the world a better and more connected place, and saving lives in the meantime. Or we hate it, feel it creeping into our lives, time and schedules, and spreading more negative news than hopeful news. Technology. It makes…
Half a Celebration
Today is my half birthday. The halfway point between two orbital cycles. The marker of six months of growth. The peak before the roller coaster into another year begins. That deserves some celebration. Or at least recognition! Today, I took at least a moment to think of how different my life was six months ago.…
Giggling with Gaston
I was awkwardly hit on last week. By a guy who was tall, dark and handsome, with bulging biceps, and long flowing locks. Oh yeah, and he was fictional. Did I fail to mention that? I met Gaston at the Magic Kingdom last week with my friend Nathan. Gaston was fully in character — strutting…
Resolution Report
There is joy in publishing my thoughts for the world to read… … but there is also pain, cringing, and discomfort for I have to be true to my words written and published! I reviewed my 2o13 New Year’s Resolution post — and it turns out I didn’t accomplish what I set out to do.…
Awesome Always Goes Viral
Since when did virality become a desirable thing? I’m still learning to punch fear in the face, escape average and do work that matters from author, Jon Acuff. Although I didn’t know it at the time, this blog was my big Start project! I stopped thinking of all the things that could go wrong…
Start.
Punch fear in the face. Escape average. Do work that matters. Those are the collective subtitles of the book Start. I just read by Jon Acuff. You may be familiar with Acuff from a little blog called Stuff Christians Like, where he pokes fun at silly things Christians do, like side hugs and inserting “just”…
In a Word…
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Mark Twain “Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” Albus Dumbledore “Brevity is the soul of wit.” William Shakespeare With these quotes in mind, I performed my annual year-in-review journal entry. I…
Cheeky, Cheeky
Cheeky, Cheeky Lives up to his name. Cheeky, Cheeky Enjoys Christmas games. Cheeky, Cheeky Hides in tight spaces. Cheeky, Cheeky Moves without traces! Here’s a loving look at Cheeky’s shenanigans this Christmas. Cheeky hangs around, lolligagging. Watching us from up above ( and getting dusty!) He learned about Physics… And then practiced feats…