Yesterday was my “D” Day. As in, I made my Decision NOT to run the California International Marathon on Sunday. I will have a “DNS” on my running record for “Did Not…
Category: Personal Growth
Day 150: More Comfortable With My Humanity?
So here I am in an uncertain situation. Will I be doing a marathon on Sunday or not? It looks doubtful, but I do have a couple of medical appointments this week,…
Day 149: Chinks in the Armor
Sadly, I’m not sure I will be running CIM, after all. It feels really awkward to write this, especially since I just posted two and three days ago about running it. However,…
Day 147: Redefining Victory
In eight days I will be running the California International Marathon for the second time in as many years. Last year’s experience was amazing, triumphant… and totally burned me out in ways…
Day 143: Thoughts that Lead Somewhere Good
Tonight I decided I wanted to write about “going unconditional.” This is a concept I learned from Abraham-Hicks and have written about numerous times on here. I find it is useful in…
Day 138: Shifting My Focus To Transform My Experience
Okay, so I am shifting my focus to transform an unwanted experience into something joyful! 🙂 Here are my notes on the subject: What is the opportunity here? To go unconditional. To…
Day 126: Finding My 80/20 Sweet Spot
A little awhile ago I wrote about the 80/20 rule as applied to personal happiness. To refresh, the 80/20 rule is an idea from personal productivity circles which hypothesizes that one can…
Day 124: Stay Open-Hearted
I recently went through an uncomfortable experience where someone thought negative things about me, and as a result a situation I was in went totally awry. Things did not work out how…
Day 121: Get Happy Now!
Today I was reminded of how it is always within my power to choose my focus. No matter what, I can always focus towards what makes me happy. This came up because…
Day 118: Things I Appreciate About My 2022
We are about to complete the tenth month of the year, so I would like to write out some of the things I have appreciated about my 2022. Things I appreciate about…