When I go to the gym, the difference between a good day and a bad day can be huge. On a bad day you can’t push yourself, you won’t enjoy the exercise and you don’t make any improvements. But, I’ve found, you need those bad days in order to have the great days. If you […]
Work, Retire… Then You Die.
“The years go by faster as you get older.” This is a piece of experience I’ve often heard from people who have more years than myself. The idea being that, as you get older, your lifestyle becomes more fixed. Going from 17 to 21 is a much bigger change than 40 to 44. Does it […]
Living a Completely Digital Life
Recently, I shared my goals for life with the readers of this website. The first on the list was being able to live a completely digital life. Although I’m sure I haven’t invented the term, I don’t see it used too frequently. In fact, aside from a small subculture of blogs and books, the idea […]
Shortcomings Create Your Opportunities
I’m in the middle of reading The Count of Monte Cristo, when I stumbled onto an interesting paragraph. The book, for those of you who aren’t aware, is about Edmond Dantes a young man who is falsely imprisoned in a dungeon for fourteen years before escaping and plotting his revenge on the men who took […]
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