Putting an X on the calendar matters to comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The story is told how Jerry had a goal, for years, of writing a joke every day. It’s important to understand this is not a quick or easy thing. The New York Times did an article about Jerry’s joke writing process. It’s pretty intensive. […]
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I do a lot of sitting on the weekends during January. I love watching the NFL playoffs which gives me three weekends with multiple games before the Super Bowl in early February. The first two weekends are especially rich with four games each. I’m in front of the TV a LOT. My first Fitbit changed
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I was so upset all I wanted to do was floor the accelerator and ram the car in front of me. I was on the DC beltway heading to the airport to pick up my son. For the past 60 minutes I was averaging 3mph. And, there was no end in sight. Expectations are funny
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I was struggling. Two days earlier I had just finished my 20k One Year Step Challenge…20,000 steps every day for a year with no breaks. That was now in the rear view mirror, but my daily goal was still 20k. And, on this day it was going to be really hard logistically to reach. Most
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While my wife was in surgery, I walked laps around the hospital parking garage. This is the unglamorous part of reaching a goal. The glamorous part is the possibility of transformation. We pick an area of our life we want to change and set a goal. It’s why this time of year can feel so
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I’ve walked at least 20,000 steps every day since March 21, 2018. That’s ten miles a day. On January 1, millions of people began a brand new journey towards fitness. On March 1, millions of people will no longer be on that journey. On January 1, I walked 20,000 steps. On March 1, I will
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It was the first time I had run in three years. Literally. I signed up to run the first leg of the Baltimore Marathon as part of a four person relay team. I did not train for the race by running. Instead, my training involved A LOT of walking. That was one of the reasons
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Your goal should not be 10,000 steps. Most people get their first Fitbit and assume this is what they should aim for. It’s what everybody else gets, so why shouldn’t they? Except, it’s not what everybody gets. The average American actually only walks about 4,000 steps a day. To go from 4,000 to 10,000 is
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I went to the grocery store last week. I’ve been doing the family food shopping and dinner making for a few years now. Ava took care of all that while the kids were young. I wondered if she was ready for a break so I asked and she said yes. She enjoys the freedom of
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When Ava saw who was calling she got up and walked to the back of the restaurant to answer. After a few minutes she returned to where we were sitting with our friends. “We need to go home,” she said. The restaurant was almost six hours from where we lived. We were on vacation. We
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