Goal Setting Trends At this point of the new year, at least 25% of those who set New Year’s Resolutions have quit. By the end of three months, half will have given up on their new goals. One study shows that by year’s end, just over 9% will have kept Read More
Category: habit
Grateful for It All
I am grateful for the good and the bad and everything in between. What a predictable subject for a post the day before Thanksgiving! Frankly, a post about gratitude during the week of Thanksgiving will get a better response. It is the nature of blogging on the web. And yet, Read More
The Web of Sin: Anger & Procrastination
My mind has been dwelling on sins and habits, especially anger and procrastination. I’ve also had these two stories running in my brain for weeks now. The first was from long ago, a high school project I procrastinated on. The other story occurred just a few weeks ago, an angry Read More
Structure: The Patterns of Life
Human brains seek out structure — the patterns of life. I looked for paradigms everywhere when I was growing up. It seemed I could concentrate longer on one thing longer than my peers, and it was all about systemizing. I categorized people, events in history, and stories. All the while, Read More
Confessions of a Couch Potato
A couch potato stands as the modern beacon to sloth. All forms of sloth have a long arc and never truly die. As for laziness, it knows how to hang low and act as if it is defeated and never truly cares. But this is not a defeat but the Read More
Slow Change
Change can be sudden and heartbreaking, a death or a divorce. When we need real and last transformation, it comes as a slow change. Driving on country roads has required me to change as a driver. It is common to swerve and slam on the brakes in order to avoid Read More
Beautiful Habits
The Reality of Habits and Time Somewhere between the doldrums and the beautiful is what I hope for in this life. As of late, my head swarms with thoughts of a career change and honing a craft and hitting the road a bit and new habits. It is embarrassing to Read More