CAMP TECUMSEH, Ind. — I haven’t had the opportunity to write much during this past week, so in far from my initial aspiration to complete all the #ThinkKit posts this month. Last week, a friend of mine died at the age of 25, and the experience of attending a funeral and mourning with my friends […]
No coffee today
CHICAGO — I had intended to actually try drinking coffee for once. I’ve never been a coffee guy. Grew up in a family with no coffee drinkers, never got into coffee beyond a Frappucino at Starbucks with friends in high school. I thought it wasn’t my thing. Then I grew up. I drank gallons of […]
Habits, forming and hardening
When I think about habits I developed in 2013, it helps to start with a few things. First, I don’t really do New Year’s Resolutions. I find the concept of starting something new simply because the calendar changed to be odd and forced. I also don’t make changes in my life in a swift manner […]
2013 surprises
[#ThinkKit post number 9 is about surprises of 2013.] The most surprising thing I did in 2013? I completed six races in 2013. Four 5Ks, one 6-mile race, and one trail quarter marathon (6.55 miles). It was one of those things that surprised me because of what I thought I could do. I had never […]
Did I create anything in 2013?
#ThinkKit post number 8 — yep, I’m catching up a bit late — asks you to share a creation from this year. As the things I create for work are property of my employer, I can’t share those. So what else did I create in 2013? I created a relationship with my dog. It’s true, […]
My life, my own
I am two posts behind for #ThinkKit, but I’m determined to catch up this week. Day 7’s prompt: What do you want your life (or your kitchen, your job, your ____ ) to look like? Create your own inspiration board. Sketch it, collage it or do it your own way. This very question has been […]
On community
ORLANDO, Fla. — It took me a long time to understand the full meaning of the word “community.” For a long time, I saw it as a synonym for “city” or “town” or “place.” Nothing more. But as I grow up, and I think about what I want for my home and my worlds […]
What my fraternity brothers thought about the year
ORLANDO, Fla. — I interviewed my fraternity/sorority friends for this one. I asked my friends Josh, Todd, Kristen, Amelious and one of their friends for today’s #ThinkKit prompt. I am currently attending the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors Annual Meeting, so I interviewed my AFA friends for tonight. Josh took a new job with my fraternity, […]
Risky wisdom
ORLANDO, Fla. — I’m a little young to be wise. Granted, I’m not a toddler or a child or an adolescent or even a college student, but I’m in my mid-20s, and that’s not quite an age that usually generates wise, deeply thoughtful, deeply inspiring actions at all times. Today’s #ThinkKit prompt is: “What was […]
Nothing strange, only me
ORLANDO, Fla. — Today’s #ThinkKit post was to write about the weirdest/oddest/strangest experience that I’ve had this year. I’ve been trying to drill into my mountain of memories to come up with something, but I’ve come up empty. Nothing strong rises to the surface. It’s not that nothing comes to mind at all, but that […]
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