I’m having surgery. Right now. Seriously. Two weeks ago I went to see a doctor about a spot on my nose. It was removed and sent to the lab for a biopsy. One week ago, I was called with the results. That spot had “traces of cancer”. It’s called basal cell carcinoma…a very common form […]
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About ten years ago I bought a hat in New York City that changed my life. And, the funny thing is I didn’t realize it until just five minutes ago. I was just out walking and thinking about this blog post. It’s a cold Maryland afternoon that feels even colder than it is because the
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A reality check is coming for millions of people in about a week or so. Their New Year’s fitness goals will hit a speed bump. Sadly, that first speed bump is the beginning of the end. Research indicates 92% of all goals fail. Most goals are fueled by emotion. I can last about a week
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Dear Future Me, I’ve decided to make some changes to benefit you. Past Me also tried to do this, but gave up when it got hard. Change takes time and Past Me thought it was taking way too long. It also stopped being fun pretty quickly. I remember the day Past Me decided to take
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Two years ago today I needed to figure out the perfect gift. But, sadly, I’m really bad at doing this. Gift giving is a skill I don’t possess and, honestly, it’s a skill I don’t even want. Life is much easier when you suck at giving gifts because the expectations people place on you are
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The producers of the first Toy Story call it Black Friday. In 1993, Toy Story was on track to be the first full length computer animated film. It was a joint effort between Pixar and Disney. The movie was being made by the creative people at Pixar, but was being paid for and would be
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My real estate agent called it deferred maintenance. I thought he was being kind as he walked through my house for the first time. I clearly was embarrassed by its condition brought on by years of neglect. In that simple two word description used by my agent that January afternoon was a powerful truth I
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On September 4, I decided to end my more than two year streak of walking at least 20,000 steps a day. I needed to rest. But, not in the way you may think. That morning we had accepted an offer to sell our house. This was the culmination of eight months of hard work getting
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Just like that, I changed my mind. The impact was huge. For a few years, Ava and I had planned to sell our house and downsize. The goal was to have our house ready to sell by the end of 2020. The amount of work and money necessary to reach this goal was massive. The
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I thought of David Bloom as I got on the plane. David was a TV reporter with ABC News who passed away suddenly in 2003 while covering the war in Iraq. He died of a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. David had been sitting for long periods of time in a cramped tank
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