There are things I have always wanted to do: skills I've wanted to learn and regretted never having done before, books I've wanted to read, ideas I've wanted to explore, interests I've wanted to pursuit. Despite these desires, thought, I've always found an excuse to not do them. The biggest thing I ever wanted to… Continue reading Action
Sugar Free September
I have been "low carb" (not always necessarily keto) for the last 3.5 years. The journey has been long and enjoyable and there has been very little looking back. Initially I lost 70 pounds over the first 6 months, then slowly anohter 10 pounds over the next 6 months. I stayed relatievely stable within those… Continue reading Sugar Free September
Acceptance
Kiss your life. Accept it,just as it is.Today. Now.So that those momentsof happiness you're waiting for don't pass you by.~Unknown Today is my life. My mind wants to tell me that I am exhausted, but my body does not feel exhausted. I need to pull myself out of the place I think I should be… Continue reading Acceptance
The Lunch Bag
September The city felt lonely. I walked aimlessly down the busy streets as a tourist analyzing the city as a potential home. It was hard to imagine moving my entire family to this foreign place: much more urban, a different language, no friends or family to be heard of. Knowing that they were across the… Continue reading The Lunch Bag
The Missing Kindness
Be Kind. For everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.~Ian Macleran Somewhere along the path of humanity, we have forgotten how to be kind. it is easy to be anything else: confident, strong, a leader, an advocate, determined, hard working, right... But even with all these things, one can still be… Continue reading The Missing Kindness
