Category: General
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Goal Achieved: Do Less
One of my goals for the year was to be involved in less. As of last night, having stepped down from my four-year post as the VA Director at the DC Road Runners annual banquet, I think I can safely say I have achieved it. While I’m still busy as hell between two jobs and trying to workout ~10 hours a week, every little…
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One Seven Four
First goal of the year: Accomplished. At the start of the year, I set a bunch of goals that weren’t SMART. Knowing myself and how self-motivated I am, I knew I’d still push myself to reach them. As of this morning, I’ve accomplished the first. On January 1st, I weighed 184lbs after having taken a month easy from my cardio work, eating nonstop over…
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Yearly Football Roundup
Today the season ends so it seems only fitting that I’ve procrastinated the writing of this until now… Hey, at least it makes me feel better… So the Redskins had a pretty awesome season. It was actually fun to watch them week after week. After years of spending far too much time and money on the team, I decided to stop going to games…
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Mom’s 2nd Anniversary
Today marks Mom’s 2nd anniversary since being diagnosed with a Grade IV Glioblastoma multiforme (the worst brain cancer you can have). We were told we’d have around a year with her following diagnosis, but time and again she keeps proving the doctors wrong by having “stable” results. Whatever is in her special chemical cocktail is working some miracles, and I wish I could thank the…
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An 18th Century Evening
No, we didn’t go reenacting. Last night, Heather and I embarked on a bit of an experiment. At 5:30PM, I went around the house and unplugged everything electrical, turned off all of our devices, lit a half-dozen candles, poured two glasses of wine, and sat down on the couch. What ensued? Well, drinking of wine, lots of reading, and a lot of writing things…
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2013 Goals
I’ve struggled all week with what I wanted to do with my goal setting for 2013, but I think I’ve finally figured it out. I thank you for your patience 😉 Each year, I come up with a lengthy list of “smart” goals. The problem with this is it results in goals that are very number-based. While I’m a huge fan of numbers and…