7-40 Challenge | Planning Week, Day 3 Yesterday I had plans. I was going to grab a cup of coffee, sit in the shop for a while, and think. Instead, I fell asleep for an hour and a half. When I woke up, I was frustrated. I’d lost time. The thinking I wanted to do … Continue reading Why Rest Is Hard (And Why It Has to Happen Anyway)
Forward
I’m in the planning week between rounds of my year-long challenge. I called Round 3 early. I’m supposed to be resting. I wrote a song today anyway. Some creative work feels like work. This one didn’t. It came out of me the way songs used to come out when I was younger and thought I … Continue reading Forward
Keep Moving Forward
Friday night. Battery’s low. The week took more than I budgeted for. Part of me wants to plan tomorrow. The smarter part knows the plan starts with actually resting. There’s a difference between stopping and quitting — I’m still learning it. Have a good weekend. Keep moving forward.
Tonight (and Everyday) I’m Grateful for My Wife
I scrolled past a video the other day that I can’t even find again. It was a husband and a wife. They had been in some kind of fight. The husband offered an olive branch. The wife took it. There were no theatrics. Just two people who clearly respected each other and clearly loved each … Continue reading Tonight (and Everyday) I’m Grateful for My Wife
The Drift: How Some Relationships Die Quietly
I have watched partnerships I didn’t think would end, end. Not in dramatic blowups. No financial scandal. No moment where an outsider could point and say that’s where it broke. Just a slow erosion of what made the partnership work, until something tested it and it couldn’t hold the weight. The drift is what I … Continue reading The Drift: How Some Relationships Die Quietly
