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Patience: My Word of 2018
Gretchen Rubin’s Happier podcast has been one of my favorites for a long time, and recently Gretchen and Elizabeth inspired me to choose a word of the year for 2018. Normally I would deliberate over a decision like this for days or weeks, come up with a few options, have trouble narrowing my options down, end up choosing several, and then having trouble committing fully to any of them. This year, however, I found one that resonated right away, so I decided not to over-think it. Patience. I need it. I haven’t mastered it. Ever. And this is a year when I’ll require more than I’ve perhaps ever required before.…
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Being Present Vs. Being Goal-Oriented
Are they at odds? That’s what I’ve been wondering. I’ve been trying to live “in the moment” and to focus on being present and being mindful. However, my nature is to obsess about the future, to carefully plan and ponder and set goals and worry and live in a constant state of anticipation over what’s to come. (Usually pensive anticipation.) I have no desire to avoid being goal-oriented. I fear that this would result in finding myself ten years from now in exactly the station in life as today. And that’s something I don’t want. There’s something about the idea of “living in the moment” that makes it sound as…
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What’s Your Sub-2:00?
In the middle of my night Friday night, or early in the morning on Saturday as the case would be for the runners in Italy, some terribly talented runners took off on a quest to break the world record for the marathon AND the 2 hour barrier. Sponsored by Nike, these exceptional gentlemen were chosen from amongst the best in the world for their qualifications for this unique pursuit, and they were given every training advantage anyone could hope to have – the best trainers, doctors, coaches, nutritionists, and other fitness professionals in the world converged to optimize their health, get them to their peak fitness, and plan a race…
