Watching and leading our girls development is inspiring. It's inspiring to watch them learn and grow, and inspiring us as parents to always have new answers and explanations for each interaction. Over the weekend, the learning was about climbing trees better and jumping off the swing set for a dismount. Both come with inherent scrapes... Continue Reading →
Thoughts at Thirty
Earlier this week I turned 30 and I wanted to capture my thoughts at this time of life. I started working on this entry two weeks ago with no real plan and this is what I came up with. Character First - This one has become important to me recently as I realised that it... Continue Reading →
My young self
"If I could go back in time and give my 20 year old self the three best bits of advice I've learned, would I even listen?" The question was posed in a podcast I listened to today about what we would tell our younger selves if we had the chance. I started thinking about what... Continue Reading →
Resistance
"How quick do our good habits face resistance after the initial motivation wears off." I had, and still do have, every intention of writing every single day. It's bloody hard. It's so easily the first thing that gets dropped when I am tired/ busy/ distracted/ insert any descriptor here. This is resistance. We will face... Continue Reading →
Do it well
"The struggle always comes from looking too far into the future, from placing emphasis on expectation, when all that matters is how well I'm doing the thing that I'm doing right now." One of my biggest struggles is always what I'm going to do next and what I will become in the future. I... Continue Reading →
Control one thing
"When it all gets a little fast and confusing, when my mind is swirling, I try to just focus on one thing to do well." I've been struggling a bit lately. I feel like I have a thousand things on the go and like I'm not really moving forward with any of them. Just kind... Continue Reading →
Make them thirsty
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. No, but you can make them thirsty." You may have heard the above quite a few times before. Maybe with out the last sentence. This was/ is something that I struggle with a lot. Why can't I change someone? Because no matter... Continue Reading →
We know what we need to do
"That's about as real as it gets." I was listening to a podcast with Rich Froning (4 x CrossFit Games Individual Champion) on it this morning and among a heap of stand out takeaways, there was this one little throw away line that stuck with me more than the rest. He was discussing his programming... Continue Reading →
Raise your black flag
"I will raise my black flag" There are a lot of ways to interpret the symbol and meaning of a black flag in today's society. Over history it has had multiple meanings behind it including: Rebelling against authority and the normal Being a pirate and living by your own set of rules That you would... Continue Reading →
Alive time
"Is this going to be dead time or alive time?" First, I just want to address my writing absence over the weekend. When I started this commitment, my goal was to write every night and if I missed one, I wouldn't miss two. This became quite a commitment for seven days and it takes a... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 