2024 focused. General journey of reasonable self scrutiny, mindset, triathlon, and more blog posts. I refer to them as Check-ins because they represent the smallest steps of my evolving journey.
“Up and not crying” is a Norwegian idiom that means a day is great, even if it’s not perfect. The phrase is oppe og ikke gråter in Norwegian, and it’s used as a response to the morning greeting, “how are you?”. The meaning of the phrase is that things aren’t great, but not terrible either, and you’re getting on with life.
A little bit about me A glimpse of me I have Dyslexia A quick 9 minute-ish clip that succinctly describes a lot about how my mind works, internalizes and skips…
Epictetus, Discourses, 1.6.1–2 “It is easy to praise providence for anything that may happen if you have two qualities: a complete view of what has actually happened in each instance…
“Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands of people. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as you…
Years ago, I was introduced to this trail during the season when the waning remnants of snowfall were still along the Crimson Trail. Unbeknownst to me, a friend and simple…
I see chaos everywhere. So I am paid as a professional observer. Essentially one of my roles is, observe, identify weakness, failures, aspirations, successes. Typically this aligns to business process…
Start with securing safety, move to validation, mentor resilience and antifragility models, rinse – repeat!
We need to consider identifying ways to start and meet each other where we are – kids, adults, and caregiving mentors. The only guidebook available is kindness and empathy. Hope, in the context of this quote has – at its end – the hedonic treadmill which is merciless and full of quid pro quo. It always demands more. Start with securing safety, move to validation, mentor resilience and antifragility models, rinse – repeat!
I sink deep within me to work on myself and work out, to present my bestest self as I go through this journey of reasonable self-scrutiny