Before I write the article, I want to make a few things clear. One - this is NOT going to turn into a health blog. I've turned it into a freestyle blog where I can write about anything I want. This time, I'm writing about something personal. This is the…
Some folks base their identities off of what they hate. For instance, I see a lot of people on social media base their identity off of hating a certain politician or a sports team. I genuinely feel sorry for people like that. Their lives are so meaningless that instead of…
You know the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people? Successful people have long-term goals. Unsuccessful people don't. "But what about Jim? He's going great and is totally random." Congratulations guy. You found the exception to the rule. I'm speaking generally. You're always going to find that one guy who…
I started journaling earlier this year. I used to do it. Then just stopped for years. I don't know why I stopped, and am really bummed I did. I used to write everything in the journals. Super personal stuff. What I was feeling at the time. I could go back…
Yes, I wrote my artistic influences last month. But I decided to put some order to it. And note, these are my personal influences. Not necessarily who I think are the absolute best artists in the world. For example, Judas Priest is my favorite band. Do they write the best…
One of the regular things I do for fun - I'm in a Euro board game group. We meet once a week and play games. Unfortunately for me, the guy who runs the group likes to play a new game every week. I don't. I like playing the same 10-20…
Hello. My wife and I are back from a Costa Rica and Panama cruise. It's our fifth cruise, and first time doing Winstar. They have smaller ships - about 220 passengers plus crew. Much smaller than those large cruise ships that we've always taken before. Not all our vacations are…
No matter who you are, you can always get better. You'll notice that successful athletes do better with certain coaches than others. A good coach gets the best out of his players. The same goes for real life. I've always hired coaches to help me with life. I hire coaches…
Ever have one of those wine and painting courses? Well, I haven't. However, I've had wine and pottery. Yeah, wine wasn't included. Should have been though because my pottery probably wouldn't be this bad. But, like anything else, you get good by doing. I did pottery when I was a…
OK. Something personal. I was supposed to see Prince awhile back. He played four straight nights in a small venue where we would have actually seen Prince. Not far away. Really seeing him. To top it off, Carlos Santana jumped on stage and jammed several songs with him. Imagine, seeing…