Discipline. I’ve Been Redefining It For 46 Years

Discipline. I’ve Been Redefining It For 46 Years

I’ve been redefining discipline since I was 16 years old. Gymnastics gave me an eating disorder. It also gave me one of the greatest gifts of my life. Discipline. Both statements are true. That’s what has made this word so fucking complicated for me. Gymnastics 

The Fringe Tells You Exactly Where Your Bullshit Lives

The Fringe Tells You Exactly Where Your Bullshit Lives

The Fringe Tells You Exactly Where Your Bullshit Lives I’ve been thinking about this idea a lot lately. The fringe. That edge. That place where your brain starts feeding yourself every excuse in the book. Every reason why you can’t. Every reason why you shouldn’t. 

It’s Just Ten Minutes

It’s Just Ten Minutes

The Ten Minutes Count Every morning, I give myself ten minutes. Coffee. Birds. Quiet. That’s it. No phone. No food logging. No writing out my get shit done list. No mentally rehearsing the day before the day even starts. And this morning, I caught myself 

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What Turning 62 Has Taught Me About Health Today I turn 62. Somewhere along the way I assumed that by this age I’d be wiser calmer and maybe even more motivated. Like maybe one morning you wake up and suddenly it’s easy to do all 

Ain’t A Lot of Boys Named Gary These Days…

Ain’t A Lot of Boys Named Gary These Days…

Ain’t a lot of boys named Gary these days… Man it’s been a while since I’ve written. But today the pull is strong.  I heard a new song. Gary by Stephen Wilson, Jr.  Songs always pull the memories out of hiding… But grief has its 

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59

this is 59   Today is my birthday. Today I turn 59. I’ve been thinking about it all week and have been contemplating what to write about it. Aging is a privilege. It’s also inevitable. Age with awesomeness instead of dread. I’m not trying to 

Bloganuary – “What is the earliest memory you have?”

Bloganuary – “What is the earliest memory you have?”

This prompt is a good one. When I was little we lived in Hurley, SD. We moved to Pierre when I started Kindergarten. I played with my cousins all the time. My earliest memory is when I was probably around 4. There was a giant 

Bloganuary – “How Are You Brave?”

Bloganuary – “How Are You Brave?”

Brave – Courageous, dauntless, perhaps a little bit daring, a person who is brave faces dangerous or difficult situations with courage. Do it brave. That’s how I look at myself. Doing things that are uncomfortable. Talking into my phone camera every morning, usually around 4:30am, telling 

Bloganuary Prompt January 1 – “What is something you want to achieve this year?”

Bloganuary Prompt January 1 – “What is something you want to achieve this year?”

Taking part in the bloganuary writing prompts. A writing prompt every day during January. Today is “What is something you want to achieve this year?” I can take this one two ways. A business aspect and a physical/health aspect. Let’s start with the physical/health aspect. 

Nothing Looks As Good As Healthy Feels

Nothing Looks As Good As Healthy Feels

Nothing looks as good as healthy feels. We want to believe that the outside matters more than the inside, but it doesn’t. You can’t judge that book cover, no matter how much you want to. You can’t know someone’s level of health just by looking