One of the biggest traps we fall in to is measuring ourselves by what other people do and think. It’s so hard not to do. Social media is constantly flaunting the best of other people’s lives while taunting us with temptation to do the same. Of course, it’s not a bad thing to share your life with others. But when…
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Comments closedNo, not your Idol – although it may be that, too. But what’s your idle? Each day naturally gives us idle moments. How do you spend them? What activities do you thoughtlessly gravitate toward doing when an idle moment hits? What’s your idle? Just like driving in stop-n-go traffic, we can easily spend a good portion of the course of…
One CommentNo matter how much money we make (after our basic needs are provided for, of course) — whether it’s $50k or $200k — we always think we’ll be happier with just a little bit more money. “If I can just make a little bit more, then I’ll have enough,” we say. But then once we attain that we find ourselves…
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Comments closed[This post’s primary location is now here.] We worry a lot about “education” in this country. On a political level we bicker and argue about why one state’s math scores are higher than another’s. And at home, we put our kids through a heck of a lot (and we sacrifice a lot) to make sure they pass their tests, know…
Comments closedThe person driving the car that just cut you off. The annoying woman taking for-ever in front of you in the checkout lane. The drive-thru worker who just messed up your order…again. The friend who is totally oblivious to your pain. The parent who just doesn’t get it. The family member who seems deliberately insensitive to others. The co-worker who…
Comments closedBeing a father is a radical responsibility. One that’s been neutered of its uniqueness and weight and reduced to a mere luxury of the human economy. Well, we may have produced an economy of hard working men (and women), but we’ve also enabled a generation of slacker dads. Even the “good dads” are slackers. And I’m intent on not being…
Comments closedThe real reason to quit Facebook is not because of trust and privacy issues, or continual changes in format, sponsored posts, increased advertisements or the selling of your personal data and attention. Although all of these are legitimate, there is a more important reason to quit Facebook. (Now, my reasoning here may sound a bit dramatic to some of you.…
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