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Category Archives: Adventures
A Fantastic Friday
Yesterday turned out to be a surprisingly busy day for me. Despite that, it also gave me plenty of time to rest and have enjoyable experiences with some cool people. Here are the major highlights of my day. I started … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Swing Dancing
Tagged A Fantastic Friday, Amelia Island, Bostons Pizza, Crescendo Amelia Big Band, dancing, floating, swing dancing
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A Life Lesson from My Spanish Lesson
Last year, I started using Duolingo to help me learn Spanish. I managed to stick with it pretty well by making it a daily habit. There were a few days in which I missed the lesson, but a feature called … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged A Life Lesson from My Spanish Lesson, breathing exercises, dancing, Duolingo, habits, routines, Spanish, St. Augustine, swing dancing
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One Step at a Time
I’ve learned a lot since I started my self-improvement journey. Between the videos, books, and articles I’ve checked out and the conversations I’ve had with people who are also into this stuff, I keep learning new things almost every day. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged action, courage, entrepreneurship, finances, financial freedom, growth, learning, Life Hacks, One Step at a Time, Presence, present, sharing
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Layers
When I became serious about self-improvement, I didn’t know what to expect. It became clear early on that this would be painful much of the time, although regular progress and periods of deep peace more than made up for the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged layers, mindfulness buddy, pain, progress, rabbit hole, self-actualization, self-improvement
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Some Recent Realizations
I had some startling realizations yesterday at work and on my way to get some food after my shift ended. One of them was that I still do a lot of people pleasing in certain areas of my life. Another … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged acceptance, failure, juggling, People Pleasing, perception, Practice, realizations, self-awareness, skills, Some Recent Realizations, Spanish, success, talents, unicycling
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The Daily Stoic: “What’s on Your Tombstone?”
I always enjoy finding places where two or more books I’ve read overlap. This entry from The Daily Stoic fits together nicely with Stephen Covey’s recommendation in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to begin with the end in … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged accomplishment, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Begin with the End in Mind, consequences, costs, death, gravestone, life, Seneca, Stephen Covey, success, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: Whats on Your Tombstone?, tombstone
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Lighting Candles
The quote in that picture serves as an occasional reminder for me to keep my priorities in order. For many years, I spent a lot of time criticizing things that I disliked instead of figuring out how to take action … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged darkness, light, Lighting Candles, proactive, reactive
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Picking up the Pieces
What happens when someone has built up a lot of bad habits for most of their life? In my case, I was able to get by until a few years ago. That’s when a series of painful events occurred and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged "Skipper Dan", growth, pain, Picking up the Pieces, progress, transformation, Weird Al
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The Daily Stoic: “The Start-Up of You”
This is a great reminder from The Daily Stoic to spend a bit of time each day improving ourselves. It’s important not only for our own well-being but also for the projects and ventures we undertake. All the self-improvement work … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Epictetus, pain, self-improvement, Socrates, struggle, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "The Start-Up of You"
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Bold City Circuit House Show
On Saturday night, I went to a show hosted by Bold City Circuit in Jacksonville, Florida. Three musicians performed in someone’s living room and we all got to share an incredibly close, intimate experience. I figured that the evening would … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Personal Freedom
Tagged artists, beauty, Bold City Circuit, Bold City Circuit House Show, connection, house show, Leon Majcen, Liam Bauman, living room show, love, Magic Moments, music, musicians, peace, sharing, talent, Taylor Raynor, time
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