Category Archives: Lifestyle

The Lost Art of Solitude

I need to qualify my last post a bit. I wrote that I didn’t know what to write and that’s why I haven’t posted in a while. What I meant to say there was that in the past year I have been bombarded with information. Much of it was new to me and much of…

The Agony of Defeat and The Sweet Taste of Victory

This year so far has been one of those crazy transitional ones for me.  Its probably the most uncomfortable and challenging time I’ve been through, but also the most rewarding.  Everything I have been doing or trying is not second nature to me.  Its been fail after fail.  I got demoted at work.  It seems…

Making Things Intolerably Inconvenient

Humans are lazy creatures by nature. Its just the way it is. Laziness isn’t a bad thing, in fact I think it has many benefits including getting adequate rest, keeping things as simple as possible, doing only what’s important, etc. If we can just accept the fact that we are lazy by nature we can…

Willpower Alone is Not Enough

I recently returned from vacation and had a great time.  Drank like a fish, ate like a pig.  It was overindulgence deluxe.  I worked out only twice.  It was my first break from regimented workouts since May.  I learned something about myself that I wasn’t really aware of previously that I think applies to a…