Category Archives: Personal Freedom

Wait Until You’re Ready

Posted on January 21, 2026 by admin

“Don’t wait until you’re ready because you’ll never be ready.” That’s a pretty common saying meant to encourage people to act sooner rather than later and to avoid giving up on their dreams. While there are some parts of life … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged dog, healing, juggling, lifting weights, readiness, ready, rushing, Sawyer, success, unicycling, Wait Until You're Ready | Comments Off

Guilt Over Healing

Posted on January 7, 2026 by admin

Anyone who’s read my blog in the recent past likely knows that I’ve struggled greatly since my dog Sawyer died almost four years ago. I’m glad to say that the pain is almost gone, and the little bit that remains … Continue reading →

Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged A Grief Observed, CS Lewis, dog, emotions, grief, guilt, Guilt Over Healing, healing, Letting Go, love, pain, Sawyer, shame | Comments Off

2025 Year End Review

Posted on December 31, 2025 by admin

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 →

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Reviewing My 2025 Goals

Posted on December 24, 2025 by admin

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 | Comments Off

My Goals for 2026

Posted on December 17, 2025 by admin

It’s time again to pick the top goals that I’d like to accomplish next year. As I have for the past few years, I’ll be keeping this list short so as not to overwhelm myself and give myself a better … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged boundaries, dog, goals, Letting Go, My Goals for 2026, peace, Sawyer, sleep | 1 Comment

The Value of Little Projects

Posted on November 26, 2025 by admin

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 | Comments Off

The Importance of Quitting

Posted on November 19, 2025 by admin

Two concepts often talked about in the business world are continuous improvement and creative destruction. Continuous improvement looks to see where progress can be made with existing systems, routines, services, products, and so on. There has been a lot of … Continue reading →

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Go Easy on Easygoing Folks

Posted on November 5, 2025 by admin

There is a disturbing tendency to treat laidback folks badly because they won’t make a scene or act upset. It’s common to pressure them to give up something they want, always put others before themselves, or make last minute changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged boundaries, dog, fawning, Go Easy on Easygoing Folks, Sawyer, trauma, trauma responses | Comments Off

Recent Successes and Struggles

Posted on October 29, 2025 by admin

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 →

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Concern vs Control

Posted on October 22, 2025 by admin

Former hostage negotiator Chris Voss says to never accept advice from somebody you wouldn’t trade places with. That has made me reconsider who to accept advice from and also stop paying attention to what most other folks want me to … Continue reading →

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