Family is a funny thing. I know that my family is not ill-willed toward me, but sometimes my wife is mean to me. Sometimes my brother won’t return my calls. Sometimes there are hurt feelings with my in-laws. But we have the option in this life to allow life to happen to us or for [...]
Driving on a Flat
Exercise has been generally accepted as a good idea, but allow me to spell out some of its benefits. It gives more energy, it prevents or delays many fatal or debilitating conditions, and it allows us to live out more full and rich lives. Unfortunately, we don’t make decisions based entirely on facts and will [...]
Walls and Gates
Early one Saturday morning, I walked down to the bank do deposit a vehicle registration refund check. As I stood in the short line, one of the financial advisers struck up a conversation with me. We first commented on the weather, he asked how my week went, and after replying, I asked how busy his [...]
Effects of an Unbalanced Life
In college I rented a house that had a ceiling fan right above my bed. On cooler nights, I’d turn it on and watch it speed up; and the whole fan would wobble in a circle. It was somewhat soothing to watch it slowly and rhythmically go in circles. On the warmer nights, watching the [...]
Braaaaaiiinnnns
Zombies move slowly, lack creativity, drag people down, make more zombies, and eat brains. If you spend too much time around zombies, you will inevitably become one of them. Everyone is afraid of becoming a zombie, but if you’re already a zombie, you probably don’t mind. Zombies don’t care, zombies consume. If we’re not creating [...]
The Owner’s Manual
When I bought my car, I didn’t read the operating manual–and that’s coming from a guy who reads a lot of manuals and instructions. I read the instructions for my juicer and my iPad (most of it anyway). Generally people read the manual when things are broken, but by then it’s just about too late. [...]
How to Get a Job
My first resume just about screamed inexperience. I googled a few resume templates and filled in my information, stretching any experiences I had into “leadership experience” and “domain knowledge.” With that pathetic excuse for a resume, I got a job fixing paper jams and writing down all the serial numbers I could find in a [...]
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Not Enough to Toss the TV
I’m still working on getting rid of the tv. I get resistance from myself and from my wife. We enjoy watching Stargate (SG-1) and a few other shows on Netflix. We know that we could be doing much more beneficial things with our time. We could read together, play games, listen to podcasts–all of which [...]
First World and No Excuse
One major difference between a first world country and a third world country is that in a third world country people are unhealthy because they don’t have access to good nutrition or basic medical care, and in a first world country we’re unhealthy because we have access to as much food and as many drugs [...]
Security and This Economy
“In this economy” comes up a lot these days. I hear things like, “Well just be glad you have a job in this economy. We’re just scraping by in this economy. I don’t think we can start on our own in this economy.” I won’t deny that there are a lot of people in trouble [...]
Dreams and Wolves
I’ve live in the States full time since 2005 (yes, I’m aware that people here refer to it as America not “the States”), and I can’t get over how avoidant people are to the topic of money. Money is important to daily living. The lack of it drives some to do terrible and desperate things, [...]
Call to Action
Recently, I spent some time with a coach to help me figure out why Lose the Wobble isn’t getting the kind of growth that I hoped for when I drew out the plans for it in August 2011. Ultimately, I’ll never know why a group of people act the way they do–I’m no anthropologist (and [...]
Motivation
I’ve tried really hard to build my shear will power, and it’s improved a lot over the years. Unfortunately, shear will power isn’t enough to do anything long-term. A great man once said that the spirit is willing, but the body is weak. So true. What gets us moving then? Belief–something more than just knowing. [...]
Just Starting on the Bible
We’ve already talked about how important it is to read the Bible regularly. A few people I’ve talked to since then expressed their frustration at not knowing where to start. Here’s a start. Carve out 15 minutes in the morning, get up a little earlier or go to work a little later. Mornings don’t have [...]
Pushing Buttons
Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” If we don’t know what are own strengths and weaknesses are, how do we expect to function in society? If everyone else sees something in you when you walk into the room, it’s probably worth seeing yourself–good, bad, or ugly. One thing I have to keep [...]
Secret to Avoiding Greed
Give. There, now if you stop reading, at least you’ll know the main point. Greed comes from pride and selfishness. When I look at the money that I worked hard to get, I tend to want to spend it on me. I don’t want to help other people because they didn’t help me when I [...]
