I deal in the world of contingencies. What if one spouse dies, the surviving spouse remarries, and then all of the family assets go to the new spouse because the surviving spouse of the family dies before the new spouse thereby leaving out your children? What if you're both in an accident leaving minor children [...]
When we communicate with others, we bring our own baggage. The answer to "why weren't you clear with me about X?" or "why didn't you tell me y?" is often something like "I was too insecure." That might have to be with the person hiding something not feeling confident, or it might be because the [...]
In learning something new, sometimes it helps you to realize how much you have learned and grown in certain areas. It also reminds you of the feeling of learning something new... Which adds a nice bit of humbleness to our lives. What have you learned recently or what can you begin? Is it scary to [...]
Road humps. Speed bumps. Stopped car. Pedestrian. Garbage. When there is something in the road we are driving on, we stop or slow down or change directions. But what about life's equivalents? Do you allow yourself to stop, slow down, or change directions? Or do you feel the need to keep carrying on as if [...]
How do 'they' seem to manage more than me in the same amount of time? When I'm sitting here spinning my wheels trying to keep up? Maybe 'they' are as good as it seems. Or maybe 'they': Don't do as much as it appears. Are screaming inside and crying themselves to sleep. Have help to [...]
Have you seen a dog excited for walk time? I recently saw one running in circles in the back of the car on its way to somewhere clearly very exciting. Can you imagine having that kind of excitement about anything? I think we learn to quash emotions as we age. At least I did. But [...]
Do you ever get the feeling that if you were an outsider looking in you would know exactly what to do, but because you are in the middle of it, the decision is very very unclear to you? When we think about things in theory, it is easy to focus on just one piece. But [...]
You wouldn't go out and buy clothes in a smaller size to have when you lose weight. So why do you keep the clothes in your closet from when you were at a different size? Despite the emotional side of things, it is a good example of sunk costs. You paid for it, you have [...]
Habits and behaviors can have triggering effects on eachother, so how do you set yourself up for success? Waking up early may lead to a more productive day overall; perhaps because you get quality time before the world starts and set yourself up for success, or maybe because it's the only time you can fit [...]
Picture of crazy bar graph with big highs and big lows. What could feel like a huge high or huge low in our personal lives might be just a small glip on the scale of a larger business. But gaining the viewpoint to realize that it is just a smaller bump then it would be [...]
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