Monthly Archives: June 2021

There is always something.  There is always something to be unhappy about. There is always something that could have gone better. There is always something that could be optimized, a more ideal way. There is always another option, something else that could be tried.  There is always something.  There is always more. There is always the next thing. There isContinue reading “There Is Always Something”

Often difficulty lies not within the task or struggle itself but is a function of the inability to select the time, place, and duration of that struggle. Nearly any task, even the most benign, becomes a significantly greater struggle when done at an unpredictable time in the middle of the night. Running 5 miles inContinue reading “Choose Your Grind”

In the iconic scene from the Dead Poet Society, Robin Williams encourages each of the students, members of the class to take their turn standing on top of the desk. One by one each pupil files up to the front of the class, stands on top of the desk, and looks out at the worldContinue reading “The Problem of the Pedestal”

The happiest place on earth. That’s a lot of pressure. A place that you arrive to and are then forced to think, “this is the best that there is.” As you mill around in the line again it hits you, “It’s all downhill from here”. Later as you exit a creative ride with catchy musicContinue reading “The Happiest Place”