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Day 150: More Comfortable With My Humanity?

Posted on November 29, 2022

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

Posted on November 28, 2022

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

Posted on November 26, 2022

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

Posted on November 22, 2022

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

Posted on November 17, 2022

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

Posted on November 5, 2022

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

Posted on November 3, 2022

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!

Posted on November 1, 2022

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

Posted on October 29, 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…

Day 117: Sort of Funny…

Posted on October 28, 2022

So I was sitting here a few hours ago, trying to write a blog post and in no state to do one. In fact, I was pretty misaligned. I realized that I…

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