I’ve gotten into the habit of building a reading list at the beginning of the year. It’s a good way to document my reading goals for the year, track my reading, see progress year-over-year, and collect any suggestions or recommendations based on the types of books that I like to read. This is the 13th edition of my annual reading list(s).
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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.”
Ferris Bueller, 1986
When you are in the midst of raising four kids, the chaos feels like it will never end. The incessant noise around the house, sports practices, school events, taxiing kids around town. It’s easy to lose sight of the big picture, because just like that, one by one, they go off to college. And before you know it, then there is none. Nearly forty years after the movie was released, those words uttered by Ferris himself have never rung more true for me.
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Brad and I recently returned from our annual destination golf trip. This year we went to Pinehurst, referred to as ‘The Cradle’ of American golf. With ten courses, a nine hole Par 3, and an 18 hole putting green, there are a lot of choices when it comes to golf. In fact, there are so many choices it can make it hard to decide which courses you should play. Since I caught some grief for not reviewing the courses from our last trip to Phoenix promptly (yes, I’m looking at you Connor), here are my thoughts on the courses at Pinehurst while the trip is fresh in my mind.
Continue readingNeedless to say, 2024 has gotten off to a slow start for the blog. There’s multiple reasons (aka excuses) this has happened, but I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to update and reorganize the website to get me focused on more regular posting.
Those were the words I used what I made the plans for the blog in 2024 – August of 2024 to be exact. If you don’t be believe me, you don’t have to scroll down the front page of the blog that far to read the entire article. It more or less sums up what happened in 2024 because that slow start extended through the end of the year.
Normally, I do a review of my blogging from the previous year and post plans for the coming year. I’m going to keep it simple this year.
Continue readingOn January 1st, 2014, I published my first set of fitness goals. While a lot has changed over the years, my focus on health and fitness hasn’t. As I’ve done each year since those first fitness goals were published, here’s the plan for 2025.
Continue readingIt’s time for the 12th edition of my annual reading list. I like to put together the list as way to document my reading goals for the year and to collect any suggestions or recommendations you might have based on the types of books I read.
Similar to recent years, I’m maintaining two lists. The first list is my fun reads, which are generally fictional works from the science fiction genre. I read these books for entertainment, although there are distinct reasons why the list leans towards science fiction that you can read about here. My morning reads is the list that I use for learning. The themes are primarily personal development, health and wellness, and business. The guidelines I use to comprise each of these lists are included at the end of this post.
Continue readingIf you’re looking for a few recommendations for your 2025 reading list, here are a few of my favorites from the past year for your consideration. There are three categories to choose from – general recommendations that cover my favorite fictional reads, technology and personal development, and my fun reads that can use to fill in any remaining holes in your list.
Continue readingSince I started blogging back in November 2012, I like to do an annual recap at the end of each year. The year 11 recap has been delayed, but you know what they say – better late than never!
Here’s a look back at the year that was in 2023, and the site and blogging plans for the remainder of this year.
Continue readingI’m a believer in “you get what you measure.” It’s why I set fitness goals for the year. It provides motivation and something to track my progress against.
I’ve tracked my fitness goals each year since I started blogging back in 2014. This year is no different. Even though it is already February, I’ve been tracking my fitness activities against the goals in this post since the beginning of the year.
I track progress in three areas – working out, physical activity, and diet. Let’s start by looking back at last year, and then look at plans for 2024.
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Just when I thought I was going to take a year off from the beard, I changed my mind. I let it go fairly long this year. I didn’t do any trimming from beginning of November to mid-December. The six week period is about as long as I’ve went without shaving, and probably the longest I’ll ever go. Of course I’ve said that before, so there’s no guarantees.
Anyway, the picture to the right is an image of peak beard. It got to the point of being pretty uncomfortable (and very gray), so I’m not looking forward to growing it out this long in the foreseeable future.
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