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  • TV shows I’ve watched

    The other day i was thinking of all the hours i’ve spent watching TV series over the years. For awhile, I was watching a lot of TV, and now I rarely do. I thought it’d be fun to make a list of all the shows I remember watching and mark down whether I regret watching…

  • Designing a disc golf course

    Designing a disc golf course

    Decided to design and build out a short disc golf course on our property.

  • Everything Is Waiting For You (David Whyte)

    Like a fighter pilot who has been hunting down it’s target, circling and chasing, David’s words through the hour were the missile lock, the final poem he read flipped the safety cover off of the firing pin. Locked and loaded, ready to fire. Insight, ready for action.

  • Father’s Days

    Father’s Days

    Fatherhood has changed me, and continues to change me. It is the greatest privilege and deepest joy. It has also been heartbreaking and humbling. It is always changing, and I am so thankful for the love that remains constant between these beautiful people and me, and also the love between siblings that takes its own…

  • On optimizing my evening commute for speed

    On optimizing my evening commute for speed

    Most evenings I walk from my office through downtown Chicago to catch a Metra train home. The walk is 1.1 miles, heading South and West from State and Hubbard to Union Station’s Madison Street entrance. The direction I’m heading cuts diagonally across downtown, which creates a lot of flexibility when it comes to route choice.…

  • Recalibration

    I want more from myself. I want fewer compulsive behaviors and more mindful ones. I want wilder nights and more peaceful days. I want to be able to gain and keep momentum at will.

  • Setting aside “Balance” in favor of self-awareness

    Setting aside “Balance” in favor of self-awareness

    I’ve decided that I’m going to blow up my freshly created 2020 goals, and tighten them up so that this year I strive for immersive/passionate focus into just a couple of things, rather than pushing a number of larger goals forward incrementally.

  • My 1940s detective style

    My 1940s detective style

    Got into costume recently to help A out with a photo project she was doing for class. Fun times.

  • Three non-drug approaches for managing depression

    Three non-drug approaches for managing depression

    How are you going to boost yourself out of depression when it seems like moving heaven and earth just to take a shower or make a sandwich? Here are three approaches I’ve had success with in my life.