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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
#ThinkKit: I went to the gym
All I wanted was some inspiration to work out on a rainy evening. I hadn’t done my #ThinkKit poll for today — the prompt was to take a poll of your neighbors and friends — and I was walking the dog in the rain after work, pondering whether I would spend time working out tonight. […]
#ThinkKit Day 1: Photo of the year
I’m participating in the #ThinkKit blogging challenge, so each day in December I’ll be responding to their prompt. Today’s prompt: Document your year in photos. Did one photo encapsulate your year? Maybe it takes a gallery. And don’t forget to caption, describe, or or document what made an image so important. Let’s see those photos! In […]
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