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02
Feb

What Will I Remember in Five Years?

A couple weeks ago I had some work that I really, really needed to get done. I was way behind schedule and my deadline was the next day. Ugh!
That afternoon, a good friend sent me an Instant Message inviting me to a concert.  I typed my reply, “I really wish I could, but I’ve got [...]


13
Nov

A Recurring Dream Theme and My ADHD Diagnosis

In my last post, I shared about how I don’t feel that an ADHD diagnosis is a disability, but rather it is incredibly liberating. In case you haven’t read that post already, here is the portion where I talk about this:
Let me begin by saying that there is something very liberating about my diagnosis. I [...]


23
Jul

Hey! I’m not Depressed! :-) I Have ADHD!

Many of you will remember the post I wrote last year where I came out about suffering from Depression. I never provided any updates about my condition after that though.
The condensed version is that a few months ago I was clinically diagnosed with ADHD instead of depression. This was a complete surprise to me, but [...]


28
Nov

The Beauty of Death and Decay

Do you really enjoy the fall?
Do you really enjoy looking at the autumn leaves? (While they’re still in the trees, not while you’re raking them in your yard?)
A few weeks ago, my Sunday school teacher and I were talking briefly before class about how nice it is this time of year. In that conversation I [...]


04
Nov

ALWAYS Back-In to Parking Spaces

This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a couple years now and I’ve just never gotten around to it. A couple weeks ago, my friend Sindy Martin posted the following on Twitter:

Sindy knows a lot about professional etiquette, and I admire her work greatly, but I have to disagree with her on [...]


21
Jun

Exercise: What’s Currently Working for Me

I’ve always hated exercise. Even the words exercise and working out repulse me.
I’m not exactly sure why. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that while I excelled academically when I was in school, I didn’t excel in physical education nor on the playground nearly so much. Those words have always carried very [...]


16
Jun

Coming Out about Depression

I suffer from depression. There. I said it.
None of my regular readers, nor many of my closest friends, family members, and coworkers probably would have guessed it. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t have guessed it myself either and I didn’t for a very long time–at least two years. However, since I discovered that [...]


06
Jun

Review of Tony Schwartz’s Book, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working

It has been a long while since I reviewed a book here. A few weeks ago Tony Schwartz’s agent asked me if I would be interested in reviewing his new book The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working. I remembered reading his book The Power of Full Engagement back in October of 2003. In fact, it [...]


27
Feb

A Slower and More Strategic Variation to Playing Scrabble Slam! Card Game

My wife and I have been on a bit of Scrabble kick the past couple months–it’s good cheap and fun entertainment that makes you think. A few weeks ago we were in Wal-Mart and picked up a card game called Scrabble Slam! It looked interesting and was very inexpensive so we thought we would try [...]


25
Feb

Can You Be Tricked into Buying Premium Gas and Paying More?

I was running dangerously low on gas Monday night and had to stop and fill up at a station I don’t normally visit. I always run Regular Unleaded in my truck and never use Plus or Premium–they just aren’t worth the extra amount I would have to pay. Having said that, I have run Plus [...]

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