Most writing about habits frames them as productivity tools. Build the right habit, do the thing, become the more efficient version of yourself. The vocabulary is discipline, willpower, accountability, consistency. That’s not why I built mine. I built mine to give my brain somewhere to go when it would otherwise reach for food, wine, or … Continue reading The Beauty of Routines
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What the Scale Wasn’t Telling Me
For about six weeks, the scale stopped moving. I’d been showing up every day. At least thirty minutes of exercise on regular days, an hour or more on 7-40 Challenge days. I’ve gone through two pairs of running shoes this year — the kind that are supposed to last four to five hundred miles each. … Continue reading What the Scale Wasn’t Telling Me
Drive-Through Talking
It had to have been the early 2000s. My bride and I were sitting in a church auditorium listening to Kevin Leman speak, and the phrase he kept using made me chuckle every time I heard it: drive-through talking. I kept mistakenly calling it drive-by talking in my head — which, as I’d later realize, … Continue reading Drive-Through Talking
No More Excuses
Ten days ago I signed up for an AI music tool called Suno. On a whim, I uploaded some songs I’d written over the years — lyrics, melodies, composition notes — and let it arrange them into full productions. What came back stopped me cold. Not because the AI was impressive. Because my stuff was … Continue reading No More Excuses
The Impostor
I look in the mirror and I see a different version of me staring back. Someone who doesn’t know me now, but thinks he has the right to speak into my life. It doesn’t matter that I’ve spent twenty years building a career. It doesn’t care that I’ve published a novel, or that I’ve given … Continue reading The Impostor
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