From the category archives:

Self Improvement

Be Happy Now (And You’ll Be Amazed at What Happens)

May 15, 2010

TAHOE CITY, Calif. — Well I apologize for the lag in posts but admittedly it’s been a busy few weeks.  Tuesday was my last day at my old job before I start a new one Monday.  My intention is to keep the topics on this blog entirely separate from my day job, so I’ll be [...]

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On Setting Goals, and the Future of Running Buddy

April 11, 2010

It’s raining for what will hopefully be the last weekend before our glorious long summer dry season here in northern California.  I am ready for it to STOP.
That being said, the precipitation has precipitated an enormous amount of blog productivity on my part.
Actually, to simply say blog productivity would be a bit limiting to its [...]

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Getting Back to Your Roots

April 4, 2010

Happy Easter!
With a little more than two weeks elapsed since my last post I’ve accumulated a somewhat sizable list of items I want to write about, so I’ll try to keep this as focused as possible.
But I must be honest.  It has been a tough few weeks.  I have to keep reminding myself, as I [...]

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Taking Your Own Advice

March 10, 2010

Sometimes the most important advice you can take is your very own.
Part of the reason I took such a long break from the blog before Sunday was that I just wasn’t “feeling it.”  Several other distractions had intervened in my life over the past few months, with my knee injury serving as a major catalyst [...]

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Some Thoughts on Tiger Woods, and Other Idols

December 10, 2009

For many obvious reasons, Tiger Woods is all over the news right now.  What is unfortunate, I think, is that the salacious nature of the unfolding story is masking a broader lesson here that few people are bothering to consider.
One of the dangers of putting all of your hopes and dreams into the hands of [...]

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