Life

Seasonal Resolutions

March 20, 2012

I purposely skipped new years resolutions this year. They’re overrated, overstated, and they quickly become forgotten. So let’s talk about March. Because face it, the turning of seasons is a better time to renew commitments to ourselves. As I’m writing this entry, I’m on my treadmill, typing on an iPad. I’ve gone 27 minutes. Haven’t [...]

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The Little Things

March 18, 2012

Saturday night I had date night with my daughter. Chick-fil-A, then the bookstore. When we got home I played my guitar while she played her ukelele. I’m proud to say that at 2.5 years old she has better strumming motion than many unpracticed adults I’ve seen. Anyway, rewind back to Chick-fil-A. While we were eating [...]

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Breaking The Cycle

September 1, 2010

Everything changed for me when I had to start taking my one-year old to daycare five days a week. We started the year taking her in just three days, thinking I could maintain my business those three days and in the evenings. It turns out that my business requires those three days, plus the other [...]

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How to Build Two Story Buildings

June 4, 2010

Actually, this has nothing to do with construction or buildings. I wrote that headline because I hope it peaked your interest enough to come and read this. Because if you know me, you know that I would know absolutely nothing about the construction industry. But I do know something about patience, process, and planning. Some of those [...]

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No Excuses.

May 19, 2010

Every six months or so (since I fist saw this back in 2005) I find myself getting drawn into the story of a man named Jim Maclaren. Jim was a football player at Yale, who was hit by a bus back in 1985 while he was riding his motorcycle in NYC. He lost one of [...]

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