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...
18 days 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...
29 days 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...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Reader, how closely do you watch your words? I was at a diner not long ago when I overheard two people talking about the same high school basketball game. One guy shook his head and said, “They got destroyed.” The other leaned in and said, “They battled right to the end.” It caught my attention because they were both at the same game, they watched the same plays unfold, and they walked away with the same final score in mind. Yet their stories about the game sounded like they came from two...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, hope you can see this! I was driving home the other night when the fog rolled in thick and heavy, the kind that swallows the road two car lengths at a time. My first instinct was to flip on the high beams, thinking I could force my way to clarity. Instead, the glare bounced right back at me, scattering the light and making everything harder to see. The more I tried to overpower the fog, the worse it got. I finally clicked back to low beams, slowed my pace, and let my eyes adjust....
3 months ago • 3 min read
Here we go Reader! I have a theory that somewhere in this universe, there’s a beach entirely made of socks. Not a sock factory, not a laundry basket, but a sandy paradise where all the socks that go missing from our dryers are living their best lives. Every time I pull one lonely sock out of the dryer, I just assume its partner is sipping something fruity out of a coconut and watching the tide roll in. Years ago, this would drive me crazy. I’d tear through every corner of the laundry room,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader! I once decided I was going to learn how to play the guitar. I did not own a guitar, but that did not stop me. I spent hours on YouTube watching videos about finger placement, chord progressions, and how to play “Wonderwall” because apparently that is required. I memorized the names of all six strings and even downloaded an app that simulated a fretboard. After about a week, I was convinced I was on my way to being the next John Mayer. Then a friend handed me an actual guitar....
3 months ago • 3 min read
Put your quarters up next to play, Reader... There was a stretch of time in the early '90s when I was convinced I was that guy in the arcade. You know the one. The quarter-dropper. The trash-talker. The “sure, pick Raiden, but you’re still going down” kind of guy. Whether it was Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat, I had enough combos memorized to make you question your life choices. I could throw a hadouken before you even figured out which button jumped. But one day, I got greedy. I wasn’t...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, get your Blockbuster card and some popcorn! There was something magical about a Friday night trip to Blockbuster. You would walk in, fully convinced you knew exactly what movie or game you wanted. You knew the aisle. You knew the cover. You could picture it in your hands. But when you got there, the case was gone. Empty. Someone else snagged it. And just like that, the night changed. So you wandered. You picked up something else. Maybe argued with a sibling. Maybe tried to...
4 months ago • 3 min read