Weekly Newsletter
Tag: daily efforts
Week #45, 2024
The point is in the struggle. The lessons are in the struggle. The wisdom is in the struggle.
Week #44, 2024
Strive to spend significantly less than what you make. The things that truly make you happy probably aren’t that expensive.
Week #43, 2024
Be the kind of person that it is easy to be friends with. Be generous, be helpful. Invest time in your friends, especially as you get past your 20's.
Week #42, 2024
I think one of the most valuable things you can telegraph to young people is that you lovingly have high expectations.
Week 40, 2024
Regardless of how bad or good you think your life is, it is true that you are better off than nearly everyone that has ever existed. You take for granted, every day, things that would put all the riches in Ancient Egypt to shame.
Week 32, 2024
I choose to think that what I do and what I don't do matters. I choose to believe I have agency.
Week 28, 2024
Week 28 of 2024 has arrived. Just over halfway through 2024. Smack dab in the middle of the summer and the 4th turning. The world turns and moves on. I wonder if my 18-year-old self would recognize me at 47. I'm not sure he would. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? In our house, Ryann (my wife) and I are in the middle of the struggle with the speed of the childhood clock. It's easy to see the loss. They aren't the chubby little minions who say things like "my toe-thumb hurts" or reach out spontaneously to hold my hand. We weren't quite prepared to be relegated to spectator so "early" in the timeline....
April 21, 2024
When a person is set against adversity, where success is improbable, either as a team or an individual, and they rise to the occasion, it fills us up and makes us proud to be human... regardless of the skill level.