Tag: goals
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They Sneak Back In
They are always waiting. Hidden in the shadows, they lurk, ready to sneak back in as soon as our attention is elsewhere. Before we know it, they are there taking away everything that we worked so hard to build. Bad habits have a way of making their way into our lives even after we’ve made…
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Resume
On the 6th this month, my family and I spent the day driving from Philadelphia back to Chicago. It was a somewhat expected/unexpected trip to Philly. Unfortunate circumstances seem to be the biggest thing pulling us back lately to where my wife and I grew up and where the bulk of each of our families…
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Did I Stutter?
Yes. Yes I did. This week has been trying. Suffice to say that life has thrown another curveball and at least for temporary measures, routines have been thrown out of balance. If anything, it is a handy test to see whether a) how disciplined I can be with regards to my routines (the answer: not…
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Almost Fit Time
I need to work on getting healthier. Don’t most of us? Last month I started treatment for a sleep disorder, and while my sleeping has been getting somewhat better, it still has room to improve. The trick is that I have the ability to improve it. It requires losing weight. I’ve done it before. I…
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Incentive
Yay me. That’s right, another post boating about the progress I’ve been making at sustaining another run at 1,000 words per day. But this is only partly about that. This is a post about a trick that’s been helping me get to that goal each day. Incentives. Writing by itself is a fulfilling task. One…