Round 2, Day 16Monday, March 2, 2026 I’m rereading Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, and he tells a story that I can’t stop thinking about. A friend of his had a daughter who’d started dating a bad kid and smoking pot. Miller, fresh from Robert McKee’s story workshop, said something that … Continue reading Day 56: The Hero Can’t Be the Loser
Day 55 — Gratitude Sunday March 1, 2026 Today I am thankful. I’m thankful because I have friends. Two friends, specifically, who over the years have become not just friends — but family. Chosen family. The kind that is just as close as blood. Last night we went to dinner at Whiskey Cake, a really … Continue reading The Family You Choose
Day 54 — The 7-40 Challenge February 28, 2026 I finished Linchpin today. And on the last pages, Seth Godin pointed me somewhere I didn’t expect — back to Ralph Waldo Emerson. There’s a passage in “Self-Reliance” that stopped me and made me pay attention. Emerson writes about a young merchant who fails and society … Continue reading He Does Not Postpone His Life
Day 53 — The 7-40 Challenge February 27, 2026 I didn’t work out today. And I’m fine with it. Yesterday I spent 95 minutes in the gym and burned 1,400 calories according to my Apple Watch. Tomorrow morning I’ll be outside for several hours finishing a garden project for my wife — hauling materials, drilling, … Continue reading Rest Is Not Retreat
Day 52 — The 7-40 Challenge February 26, 2026 I’m still working through Seth Godin’s Linchpin, and I either wasn’t paying attention the first time I read this book, or I just wasn’t ready for it. Godin shares what he calls his favorite bad review — someone critiquing his book Tribes. The reviewer said Godin … Continue reading There Is No Map
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