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Life Is Precious

Don’t ever forget it – life is precious. It can be taken in an instant. Don’t waste a moment of it.  The Dalai Lama says it best: “Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I [...]

Fuhget Aboudit

Not to be too flippant, but sometimes you do have to just forget about it. If you hang on to the past it strangles your present.  I like this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept [...]

Expectations

Nothing gets me in trouble faster than false expectations. This can go either way: I think something is going to be a nightmare and it turns out to be just fine, or I think something is going to be super awesome and it ends up being a let down.  The lesson?  Go into things with [...]

Why Structure Works

I have learned the hard way that structure is necessary to really accomplish goals. Without structure things tend to fall through the cracks, procrastination makes hours turn to months, and there’s a general feeling of chaos in the air. Structure works because it gives me guideposts throughout the day or the month to know where [...]

Do You Suffer from Perpetual Discontent?

It’s a malady, that’s for sure. Maybe you don’t have it, but you know someone who does. It’s this state of being where a person is always discontented.  There is always something. It’s really a pretty unhappy way to live, and I think many times it is just a bad habit.  I know my first [...]