Last December I got a cold. It was my third one of the year. Colds are never fun, but they are particularly annoying in my line of work. I talk on the radio. Not only do I feel bad when I have a cold, my listeners feel bad too. There’s something about hearing somebody with […]
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My wife, Ava, asked why I was in a bad mood. My answer probably did not surprise her. It was another cloudy, cold, windy, and wet day. By the time she asked, though, I was already feeling better. The weather can really drain my happiness. In fact, I’m not sure I was in a BAD
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If Charles Dickens had a Fitbit he would have put more than 20,000 steps on it every day. The man who gave the world Ebenezer Scrooge loved to walk. His passion was fueled by the physical, mental, and emotional benefits. Mr. Dickens and I have some things in common. Our daily step totals are similar.
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I’m pretty sure it’s the thing about me that annoys my wife the most. Our house is littered with unfinished projects. There’s the bedroom downstairs that still doesn’t have floor molding. There’s the hole in the wall I created for a plumbing repair. There are the two pieces of tile I still haven’t replaced when
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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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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I see Bob and Larry every time I’m in the grocery store. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to shake this. When our kids were younger we did what so many parents have done for decades. We plopped them in front of the TV when we needed a break. We didn’t do this as
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Summer captivates me like no other season. It’s a full-on sensory experience. The smell of freshly cut grass. The sound of tree frogs in the evening. The taste of grilled corn on the cob. The feel of sunshine on my shoulders. The sight of lightning bugs dancing in the backyard. Summer is also a great
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I’ll admit to jealousy when I saw it. A friend, who is my age, was announcing on Facebook he was retiring at the end of the month. And, what made this feeling more intense…two other friends had recently done the same thing. To be clear, I love doing morning radio and the station I work
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