The quarantine provided a few silver linings. Time and creativity just to name a few. It was a time I rediscovered the power of using my hands to build something. Now I'm not green to the practice of building. My dad was a great at-home woodworker building furniture, decking, and anything else we needed around … Continue reading Zen and the Art of Building with Our Hands
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What I’ll Miss About Quarantine
I found some silver linings in the quarantine, which I'll miss. Do you have any similar or to add? The feeling as if we were all on an even playing field. No worries about deadlines. Real-time with family - not carved-out time. Walks in the neighborhood and see more of my neighbors. The option for … Continue reading What I’ll Miss About Quarantine
The Problems with Self Improvement Media
Have you ever read a great story that inspired you in a unique way? Maybe it was a piece of fiction you read when you were young or maybe a read-through history about some military leader or adventurer who scaled obstacles and lived to tell about it. Those stories were simple. They were directly connected … Continue reading The Problems with Self Improvement Media
The Simple But Tough Secret to Calming Your Mind
It doesn’t take a scientist or scholar to explain that we are inundated with information on a daily, hourly, and minute-by-minute basis. You can read countless articles stating that fact. Additionally, you can’t help but see more and more evidence mounting that it just isn’t good for us. The 2020 quarantine didn’t help. As people … Continue reading The Simple But Tough Secret to Calming Your Mind


