My first full day back in Denver was inexplicably stressful. For most of the day I felt out of control, frustrated, angry. And for no real reason I could put my finger on. At a few points, my heart rate even jumped over 100 BPM. While I was just...
Day two of driving across the country. Looking out at the houses and silos that dot the sprawling, browned winter fields in Southern Illinois reminds me of just how different my life has always been from the people who live here. This cannot be...
Day one of driving across the country. These artificial starts/stops that occur in life, like this drive across the country to resume our life in Denver, provide a wonderful opportunity to start fresh on habits and goals that have languished. But...
Afternoon writing is my worst writing. Just a minute ago I was battling my way through an article I’ve been wanting to write for a while when I had a realization; the afternoon is no time to embark on meaningful writing journeys. It’s...
I heard the term Information Hygiene yesterday. I really like it. How clean, how scrubbed is the information I’m consuming? How much did it get tainted between the actual event and my eyeballs? How much have the incentives of the medium...
Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.Albert Einstein Did you know that at an annual return of 9% it only takes 8 years to double an investment? This is due to the magic of...
Guess which day got off to a chaotic start in the photo of my Bullet Journal above? Days that start in chaotic fashion seem to stay that way. Today was one of those days. I hadn’t planned the night before (usually a fatal mistake), woke up a little...
Once the excitement of goal planning wears off is when the real work of the New Year begins. It’s easy to be be fired up about a new habit, a new diet, a new skill when you’re dreaming of the glory at the end of the road. When the real work hasn’t...
It’s very easy not to have any quiet moments. Technology can take them away from us. As soon as we wake up in the morning, we check our phone. When we’re pooping, we check our phone. Sitting a waiting room, we check our phone. I’m well-aware of this...
In philosophy and rhetoric, the principle of charity requires interpreting a speaker’s statements in the most rational way possible and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation Early in my...