Raising children isn't for the faint of heart, impatient, or selfish. It goes without saying that being a parent comes with not only responsibility on all levels but also serves as an intense and unassuming learning experience. As all children are uniquely different so are parenting styles. With a plethora of books, blogs, and experts … Continue reading Parenting Through Experience
Check out this knee-friendly, over-40-leg training routine I did the other day. I will warn you, it's tough and you will be sore, but your knees and back will thank you. This is solely for building muscle. You will get stronger, but it's not the main goal. For rest periods go with 30 seconds for … Continue reading Over 40 Leg Training for More Mass
Below I'll list three of my absolute favorite sites/blogs that I follow for life lessons, best practices, and elegant writing. Spoiler alert: No social media pages are included in this shortlist. Sorry. I'm a bigger believer in reading well-written, thought-provoking prose versus bite-sized junk food replete with clickbait, sensationalized headlines, and self-affirming, opinionated blabber. These … Continue reading 3 of My Absolute Favorite Sites I Follow
When I was 17 years old I joined the Louisiana Air National Guard. I was whisked away to San Antonio, Texas for Basic Training and then bused up to Wichita Falls for Tech School. Afterward, I would spend the next 21 years with some of the greatest men and women I'd ever meet. With numerous … Continue reading An Important Reminder
As a Gen-Xer (or Generation X) I'm known as a part of the Lost Generation, Latchkey Kid, or oftentimes the Forgotten Generation. We are stuck between Baby Boomers and Millennials (Generation Y) -- so the word 'lost' appropriately applies as those two other categories get much more press. Here, I want to focus on the … Continue reading These Are Millennials
Self-control is a vast, multi-faceted skill. It can be applied to many of life's circumstances and I feel it should be used more during these challenging, sometimes difficult days. More control can actually cultivate some of the best feelings of self-satisfaction and long-term well-being. As this is an age-old skill and once a mainstay in … Continue reading One of the Best Feelings in the World
Blogs are better than social media. At least for now and/or until things change. I've had a blog for a number of years now. I started here at WordPress.com and then, because of monetization reasons, migrated over to a self-hosted site using WordPress.org. My self-hosted site was/is about health and fitness and is currently in … Continue reading This is Better Than Social Media
As I've written before, the quarantine did have a few benefits among the hardships. One in particular was the calm I cultivated. It was both induced by me, by taking advantage of the circumstances, and proverbially allowed by nature. It was the closest I've been to calm in a very long time. Unlike others, I … Continue reading This is What Peace Felt Like
Everywhere you look these days it seems like optimizing is the goal and the only goal. It's understood that if you're not driving forward with everything optimized, streamlined, and to its fullest potential then you're slipping backward. Companies are notoriously guilty of this. If a company doesn't make significant strides each quarter (strides that are … Continue reading Is Optimizing the Wrong Goal?
The family is an amazing combination of happiness, fear, exhilaration, and, at times, unabridged worry. Wife, kids, jobs, practices, school functions, appointments, and anything else that likes to crop its unexpected head up in our day-to-day is a lot to juggle. It's what being a Dad is all about. There was a time when we … Continue reading Husband Goals in a Crowded House
Brad Borland 