Today is the 4th anniversary of being able to shut my eyes for more than 2 minutes without losing my mind.
When a New Habit Becomes a Ritual and Why Meditation Makes the World a Better Place
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I Tried Leaving Before Embarrassing My Daughter – A Dad’s Story
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I was trying to leave without embarrassing my daughter.
My girlfriend tried to stop me.
She was insisting to turn around to congratulate and hug my baby girl. She and her team had just wrapped up a band competition and were hanging out waiting for their bus.
Raising Smart Ass Kids – A Proud Dad Tells All
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Over the years, I've had a few people tell me that my daughters were smartasses. This came as a shock to me because I hadn't noticed it. My daughters and I will debate and argue, but disrespect wasn't something I ever detected.
Was my bias showing?
How to Get Your Kids to Follow Your Directions and Without Screaming
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Does it seem like your kids never follow your directions?
What if I told you that there was a technique that would help ensure that they understood your instructions and almost guaranteed they would follow through without needing to scream like a maniac who lost his keys.
How I Raised Perfect Daughters Who Always Followed my Instructions
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What can I say? I was a perfect dad. Or was I? Read the story below.
Being a StepFather is Hard- Being an Ex-Step Father is Harder
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This was the most challenging part of the divorce. I was still my kids' dad. But I was no longer anything to my stepchildren.
How My Passion Creates My Biggest Stress- A Dancers Story
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My dance passion has introduced me to my closest friends and my fantastic girlfriend. I've met people from all over the world and learned so much about life.
Read the story about why it stresses me out so much.
Saturday Morning Mental Dumps
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I woke up early on a Saturday, and there weren't any cartoons or a bowl of Frosted Flakes waiting for me.
January 2016 Random Check In
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Current Time & Date January9, 2016 7:33 AM #NowPlaying – Clique – Jay-Z & Kanye Damn I am wired! Woke up wide awake. Seriously. Almost as if I was running late to work. I know you know that feeling. Thinking. A shit-ton. New ideas flooding my mind. But first let me get some breakfast. Done. I’m currently reading several books that have lit a fire in my ass. By...
My Daughters as Accountability Partners
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My daughters scare me. They motivate me. The inspire me. They make me want to do things I never thought was possible. I’ll explain just how in a bit. I am in a perpetual state of self-improvement. I want to become a leaner, meaner, highly effective machine. I have to be more effective and efficient for crying out loud since I’m not getting younger and my memory is going to hell! I may...
The beginning (again)
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Always starting something new. Well, almost always. So many good things are going well in my life, yet so many things yet to come. And to accomplish these new things I have to break some of the old ways of doing things. Which only seems right. As a part of this effort, I needed to start waking up early. Way earlier than I have ever thought possible. I need to wake up earlier to get more...