Time to let it go, Reader. I realized recently that I was holding onto something longer than I needed to. It wasn’t important. At least not anymore. But it had been. And because it once served a purpose, it stayed. Not because I actively chose to keep it, but because it had become familiar. Comfortable in the way unused things often are. They don’t get in the way enough to notice, but they’re always there. When I finally did let it go, what surprised me most wasn’t the feeling of loss. It was...
9 days ago • 3 min read
Hello again Reader. I started something new recently. New notebook. New section. Clean page. No scribbles, no highlights, no margin notes from a previous season. On the surface, it felt like a fresh start. Exactly the kind we tell ourselves we need when something ends. But it did not take long to notice something familiar. The handwriting looked the same. The ideas went in the same order. The habits showed up almost immediately. It was new, but it did not feel new. And it got me thinking......
14 days ago • 2 min read
Well Reader, it’s that time of year again. The calendar flips, planners come out, and suddenly everything is about fresh starts. New goals. New routines. New promises about how this year will be different. In sports, in work, in life, it shows up the same way every time. Bigger goals, tighter timelines, more urgency. We are really good at jumping straight into resolutions. What we are not very good at is slowing down first. Most people rush ahead without ever getting curious about the year...
18 days ago • 3 min read
Remember Reader, you have to get the car to 88 MPH! I was scrolling through the streaming apps the other night, doing that classic ritual where you pretend you are choosing something new but end up circling the same five movies you have watched a hundred times. This time, though, Back to the Future popped up, and I could not resist. There is something comforting about a story that makes absolutely no sense, yet still feels like it understands you. A teenager in a time traveling car powered by...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Time to go shopping, Reader. The other day I walked out of the grocery store carrying one of those plastic bags that looks fine on the outside but clearly skipped leg day. I had it packed a little too well, the kind of bag where the handles are doing that white stretch thing that screams they are seconds from giving out. I took a few steps toward my car and felt the bottom start to droop. For a moment I pictured the entire week’s worth of food crashing to the pavement. Grapes rolling...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hey Hey Hey Reader! I was trying to finish some writing the other day, and my brain completely bailed on me. I had notifications going off like popcorn, random sounds that I swear were not even from my devices, and a couple of interruptions that cut right through any chance of staying productive. It felt like I was trying to read a map while someone flipped the pages at full speed. After a few minutes of this circus, I closed my laptop, leaned back, and just let out one long, exaggerated...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! The other night I sat down at my desk determined to finally get organized. I opened my calendar app, my email, and three different notebooks. I started color coding, making lists, and even re-naming my folders. By the end of the night, everything looked amazing. But here’s the thing: I didn’t actually feel any less overwhelmed. I had organized every task, yet none of them felt any lighter. And.....It got me thinking. We talk a lot about time management as if it’s just about...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, its been a while, huh? A few weeks ago, I sat down to write the next It Got Me Thinking newsletter.I opened a blank document, took a deep breath, and then… nothing.The cursor blinked like it was mocking me. Ten minutes went by. Then twenty. Eventually, I just closed the laptop and told myself I’d “get to it tomorrow.”Tomorrow became next week. Next week became… well, here we are. It wasn’t writer’s block. It wasn’t that I didn’t have thoughts swirling around my head.It was that I...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hop in Reader, and don't touch the radio... I was sitting in traffic the other day, staring at the line of brake lights stretching into the horizon. The engine was running, the radio was on, and every once in a while I would creep forward a few feet, just enough to trick my brain into thinking progress was happening. The truth was, I was burning gas, wearing out my patience, and going nowhere. That creeping sensation of moving forward was nothing more than the illusion of progress. And it got...
3 months ago • 3 min read