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Category Archives: Adventures
Treasures and Trials
I’ve heard that when you get close to something you’ve wanted and worked toward for a long time, you’re met with a series of challenges and obstacles. Sometimes these also come after you get what you wanted. You might start … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged challenges, Eckhart Tolle, goals, motivation, obstacles, The Alchemist, The Power of Now, treasures, Treasures and Trials, trials
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The Domino Effect
I’ve previously written about how small victories can add up over time to major wins. I recently started thinking about this again, and that reminded me of this video involving small dominoes knocking down increasingly larger ones. Even though each … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks
Tagged changes, domino, dominoes, pay it forward, small changes, Small Victories, The Domino Effect
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Learning New Things
I’ve been thinking lately about practice, especially after reading Outliers. It’s easy to forget how much time and effort it can take to become proficient in something, especially when watching someone who does it exceptionally well. I often overlook the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged coordination, juggling, learning, Learning New Things, patience, persistence, Practice, skills, swing dancing, talent, teaching
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Seeing More of the Bigger Picture
The past few years of my life have been unlike any others. Without even meaning to do so, I started on a path of radical self-improvement and experienced some major changes in several of my views. I still don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged big ideas, big picture, books, progress, Seeing More of the Bigger Picture, self-improvement, The Righteous Mind, Thinking Fast and Slow, views
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Realizations About Three Songs I Love
Sometime within the past few weeks, I was talking with my mindfulness buddy about a video of dogs set to some nice music. I had some big realizations during that conversation about a few particular songs and why they mean … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Movies, Inspirational People
Tagged "I Got A Name", "Rainbow Connection", dogs, dreamers, guitar, Jim Croce, Kermit the Frog, lovers, Muppets, music, Realizations About Three Songs I Love, Shiba Inu, songs, unconditional love
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A Wonderful Change
Right now, the biggest change I’m experiencing is a change of jobs. I’ve long been looking for something else and I’ve finally found it. Even though I haven’t been at this new place for long and I’m still working at … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Wonderful Change, excitement, finances, financial freedom, fulfillment, happiness, job, jobs, personal freedom
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Floor Divided 2019
Last night, I got back from Floor Divided 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida. This was a weekend swing dance workshop with a camp theme: there were 4 teams (red, yellow, blue, and green), a lot of games, and plain goofy fun. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Personal Freedom, Swing Dancing
Tagged adventures, dancing, Floor Divided 2019, fun, juggling, Lollies and Lemonade 2019, swing dancing, swingouts, workshop
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The Hard Side of Self-Improvement
In this NSFW clip, David Goggins talks about how tripling down on your weaknesses is more important than tripling down on your strengths. It’s easy to improve at things you’re already good at, but it’s much harder to get good … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged David Goggins, difficulty, pain, strengths, struggles, The Hard Side of Self-Improvement, weaknesses
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