The hardest work you can do is the work of controlling the five and a half inches between your ears. It's difficult, thankless work.

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Week #19 of 2025 has arrived... Astronomers have discovered chemical compounds in the atmosphere of a planet 124 light years away that may hint at biological activity. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square.  Done? Nearly every part of that sentence will blow your mind if you let it.  Astronomers: Humans can actually study the universe. Chemical compounds: Humans can understand the building blocks of life. Atmosphere of a planet: Humans understand what an atmosphere is and what it means for us and other life in the universe. 124 light years away: The light that is arriving from this planet today is older than airplanes. Biological activity: Imagine for a minute what it would mean for humanity to...

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Week #12 of 2025 has arrived... Spring is here! Spring is here!... if only for a minute!!! Death and rebirth... it's glorious when it comes! Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square.  Done? Are you in a season of saying no, or a season of saying yes? I recently realized that it was time for me to stop saying no to everything, and start saying yes a bit more... No was useful for a while.  There were too many things...  Focus was essential. But, it is easy to get all caught up in your perfectly curated situation, and not notice as things get stale, novelty dries up, and growth grinds to a halt. Everything...

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Every person, every thing, every idea in our lives weighs on us in measure to how dear we hold it.  Some are worth carrying forever, some only for a while, and some were never worth carrying.

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One of the best ways to protect your downside risk is to invest in yourself. 

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Strive to spend significantly less than what you make. The things that truly make you happy probably aren’t that expensive.

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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.

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I think one of the most valuable things you can telegraph to young people is that you lovingly have high expectations.

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Life is Struggle, Struggle is Life, would that make even the messiest struggle more noble?

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The only way to heal and grow stronger is to rip off the band-aid, look honestly at the festering wound, and start cutting out the rot.

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