A Heartfelt Plea for Friends of Mine
Brandon and Beth are friends of mine. Beth is very pregnant, and the baby is due to pop out any day now. But on Tuesday night, July 16th, Brandon woke Beth up with a very painful headache. After several hours of trying to ease the pain unsuccessfully, they drove to the emergency room. Brandon was […]
Sixty-Seven Years of Marriage
Just a little story I wanted to share with you… Over the weekend, my wife and I drove to Ripon, WI (a little over an hour north of us) to attend the baptism of our new baby niece. Being family, we were able to sit close to the front of the church during the service […]
Break The Cycle of Self-Shame
I’m writing this on a Thursday evening. My wife is out with friends, and I’m sitting on my couch watching a wrestling documentary. And I’m fairly unhappy. It’s been a rough 24 hours. Last night, I attempted to fix something on her phone, which wound up completely kicking it off our network (after a long […]
What’s that? You want to be awesome? Start putting in the work then.
Wishing things could be better is a stupid waste of your time. Why? Because wishing doesn’t do jack. We live in a culture where prestige, money, and talent are looked down on as somebody getting an unfair advantage in the world. You look at professional athletes, who used to be respected for how well they […]
The Chromebook is the Anti-MacBook (in a good way)
My wife and I keep a “household wish list” on our fridge. This list is a bunch of things – some fairly big-ticket items and other miscellaneous “wants” for around the house – that we do not have a line in our budget for, and are not emergencies. We save up a little here and […]
5 Ways Writing Empowers You
You might be tempted to ignore this post right away. “Eh, I’m not a writer. I hate writing. Moving on…” That’d be a mistake, though. You don’t have to be a “writer” to write. In fact, not being a writer might make you a better writer because you won’t be hampered by the rules of […]
13 Random Things I Learned in the Past Year
As you may have noted, I’m in a reflective mood around here lately. I’m not terminally ill or anything – I just am looking back on stuff. So let’s take a dive into the past year of my life and see what I’ve learned along the way. Marriage is hard work, and always will be. My […]
First Impressions: Saving Over $500 With Ting Mobile
Hey, you know what’s great about this site? It’s mine, and I can write about whatever topic I want, from high school to books to poetry to handkerchiefs. So today, I want to fill you in on what is turning out to be the smartest use of our money in a long time: Ting Mobile. […]
9 Things I Don’t Miss From High School
As I’ve mentioned before, I graduated from high school ten years ago. And for some reason, while eating breakfast this morning, I started thinking about all the things from high school that I really don’t miss – apparently bacon and eggs makes me reflect on my life. So let’s take a look, shall we? High […]
The Fear and Insecurity of Writing
I’ve long been a proponent of freewriting. Freewriting is the act of setting a timer (or a word limit) and immediately writing whatever comes to mind down on the paper. No thinking, no editing. Just a stream of consciousness. Sometimes, you get interesting insights into your brain. Here’s what popped out on the page during […]