I was sitting in the reclined chair at the dentist wondering, “Is anybody seeing this?” As the dental hygienist aggressively flossed my teeth. Despite being super soft spoken, it felt like the man had a vendetta against my gums. So I’m stuck in this chair, unbelievably uncomfortable, desperately wanting the
In 2018, I stood in a tiny room with blue expo markings stretching wall to wall on a white board. The words were a long list of my involvements, jobs, and classes: a complete map of my overbooked schedule. All I really wanted was to be able to “do my
One of the challenges many people face when pursuing ongoing personal growth is choosing what to work on next. Every time we achieve a goal or finish working on one thing, there’s a period of time where it’s like “okay… I did that, so what now?” And it would be
Over the last week, I’ve been reading “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle. And while every page of that book is overflowing with wisdom, there was one passage about how we measure success that really caught my attention. Eckhart writes, “Don’t let a mad world tell you that success is
I was having a conversation with my partner (Bradley) about the importance of being “present in the moment”, when I realized being “present” is something I fundamentally struggle with. As an over-involved and overcommitted extrovert, I’ve spent years constantly thinking about the next thing on my to-do list, planning for
