I told myself I didn’t need to write this week, but after a first day of driving through California, Nevada and a stop outside Salt Lake City, I changed my mind. It was some where during the miles of Nevada nothingness and the casino/food/hotel — don’t judge. It was the last stop in Nevada and [...]
Posts under ‘Lessons’
Lessons in survival: putting off the future to save for today
I did it. I pulled out my IRA. Before anyone goes judging me — for the song choice or pulling out my IRA — let me explain. Ok, judge me openly for DMB. That was just cruel of me to do. But it fit and I stand by that. As for the IRA, let explain. [...]
Living by the Scout moto: always be prepared
I’ve always liked to perform psychological experiments on myself. No, not like the Stanford prison experiment more Pavlovian than anything. Needless to say, I now say soda instead of pop. Sorry Ohio. This time around I’m conditioning myself to be ok with using the system for help. I’ve signed up for Healthy San Francisco — [...]
On a clear day you can run forever
After an unfortunate night with a friend’s Wii game, and by unfortunate I mean it told me I was out of shape — a sad fact I knew but did not want to admit, nor did I want a computerized video game to remind me of — I woke up this morning to run. It [...]
The ultimate test
I was afraid to write this blog post. I’ve been afraid all night and not looking forward to it. I’ve been big on looking at my fears straight on and overcoming them. I went to be last night not wanting to overcome anything. I could blame it on the milkshake I had with dinner that [...]