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Category Archives: Adventures
2025 Year End Review
At the end of each year, I like to look back on it and consider how it all went. Each year always gives me plenty to reflect upon, and 2025 gave me even more than usual. Let’s take a look … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged 2025, 2025 Year End Review, After Life, Animal Kingdom, car, Christmas, Crescendo Amelia Big Band, Dickens on Centre, Dinoland USA, Dinosaur, Disney, Disney World, Disney's Hollywood Studios, dog, grandparents, health, How the Big Band Stole Christmas, Liberty Belle, Magic Kingdom, MOSH, Muppets, Muppets Courtyard, MuppetVision 3D, PizzeRizzo, Rivers of America, Sawyer, swing dancing, time, Tom Sawyer Island, unicycling
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Reviewing My 2025 Goals
It’s time to review my goals for this year. Overall, I think I did pretty well, especially considering how tumultuous 2025 was and how many major changes occurred. Let’s check out my results and see if you agree.
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged bully, conversations, dog, finances, goals, healing, pain, peace, Reviewing My 2025 Goals, Sawyer
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The Value of Little Projects
Life can easily become overly complicated, big, and scary. Whenever that happens, I find myself focusing in on much smaller matters. That’s why I’d like to talk a bit about the value of little projects in this post. I’m talking … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged creativity, dog, Evapo-Rust, fun, projects, Sawyer, The Value of Little Projects
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Tribute to Pal
When I first got you over a decade ago I couldn’t have guessed how close we’d grow Though some see you as just a car I see you for what you truly are You are a bridge to fine folks … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged adventures, car, dog, family, Pal, road trips, Sawyer, Tribute to Pal, trips
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Recent Successes and Struggles
October has been a weird month for me. Among other things, I dealt with some more car trouble. Oddly, while that would normally stress me out more than anything else, it was actually the least stressful thing for me this … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged boundaries, bully, car issues, confidence, courage, dog, family, Friedrich Nietzsche, kindness, love, Recent Successes and Struggles, relationships, Sawyer, Self-Care Through Beard Care
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Reflections on My Healing Journey
I started my self-improvement journey in 2017. That journey went to the next level in late 2020 when I started practicing the letting go technique that I first learned from reading Letting Go by David Hawkins in 2019. While 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged David Hawkins, dog, healing, Letting Go, pain, Reflections on My Healing Journey, relief, Sawyer
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Don’t Take Fun Too Seriously
There’s a concept in martial arts called Shu-Ha-Ri. In short, it’s about the progression of learning from the beginning stage to the expert stage. It’s been in the back of my head since I first learned about it a while … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Animal Kingdom, art, Bob Ross, creativity, dog, Don’t Take Fun Too Seriously, drawing, fun, juggling, Minnie Mouse, music, painting, Sawyer, Shu-Ha-Ri, skill, talent, The Joy of Painting
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Why I Love Character Meet and Greets
Last week, I wrote about my recent trip to Animal Kingdom in Disney World. I’m still fondly reminiscing about it, especially the interactions I had with costumed characters. Those are always some of my favorite parts of Disney trips. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Kingdom, characters, Chip 'n' Dale, comfort, costumed characters, Daisy Duck, Disney, Disney World, dog, Donald Duck, Dug, fun, Goofy, hugs, love, Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Russell, Sawyer, warmth, Why I Love Character Meet and Greets
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A Wild Time at Animal Kingdom
Last weekend, I spent two days at Animal Kingdom in Disney World. I primarily went to say goodbye to the Boneyard and the rest of Dinoland, U.S.A. since I’m not sure if I’ll be back at Animal Kingdom before that … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wild Time at Animal Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, animals, Bob Ross, Chip 'n' Dale, Daisy Duck, Dinoland USA, Dinosaur, dinosaurs, Disney World, Disney's Hollywood Studios, dog, Donald Duck, Dug, Goofy, grandmother, Liberty Belle, Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Muppets, Pluto, Russell, Sawyer
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Tribute to MOSH
Last Saturday, I went to my local Museum of Science and History, or MOSH. This museum has been around in some form since 1941, and it’s been in its current location since 1969. Since it is moving into a new … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Swing Dancing
Tagged animals, dancing, dog, Frankie Manning, fun, Hyperion Brewing Company, learning, MOSH, museum, Museum of Science and History, Sawyer, swing dancing, Tribute to MOSH
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