A lot of times the question I’m asking isn’t “what do you want?” It’s “which one do you want MORE?” For example: “Do you want to buy a new car? Or do you want to be out of debt? Which do you want more?” “Do you want to eat a baked good? Or do you […]
A Few Thoughts On Habits
September 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Habit: an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. (www.dictionary.com) Habits. We all have them. Whether we want them or not. As the definition says, to create a habit you have to do the same thing over and over again, for an extended period of time, until the action or thought pattern becomes […]
Goals, Dreams, and Remembering My Father
January 19, 2012 by 6 Comments
I was thinking about my father as I drove into work today, and it made me feel kind of melancholy. We’re coming up on the third anniversary of his death, so he’s been in my thoughts more than normal, I guess. The reason I was feeling melancholy was not because he died. He’d suffered for […]
Goals
October 23, 2011 by 8 Comments
In the last couple of weeks, it’s been driven home to me how little control I have over my own life. Decisions that other people make, lives other people have lived, things other people say – all of them impact my life, and I have no control over it at all. Even if I bear […]
