“Don’t forget where you came from your just a kid who used to drink bottles every night”  ”You smoked an ounce of weed everyday”  “You were a drug addict” “You were a gambler” We all have pasts.  Some of our pasts are better than others  And some people let their past define them  But the … Continue reading 201. Our Past Doesn’t Define Us

Everything we do is  habit  The way we walk, what we eat, what we wear  What we do, how we think, what we say  Who we hang out with, what we drink  How we wake up and go to bed  The question is, do we have healthy habits or bad habits? Because someone who runs, … Continue reading 200. We all have habits

How often do we make excuses? ‘I don’t have enough time’  ‘i don't feel like it’ And so many more.  Someone always has it worse though There’s someone out there that doesn’t feel like going to work at 3 am but it's what they decided to do to support their kids  Someone is out there … Continue reading 199. No Excuses

Why do we ask or tell ourselves these things?  I coulda done this  Maybe I shoulda done that  If I woulda done this then that wouldn’t have happened (there’s two)  If we’re looking through the lens of coulda, shoulda, woulda towards the past, we must remember that we can’t change anything.  What’s done is done  … Continue reading 198. Coulda shoulda woulda

We know eating healthy is what we should be doing  The same goes for movement and working out  Or starting that book or blog,  Learning or reading we know we should be doing - possibly - a lot more than we are.  Though, the lens we see this through isn’t “I’ll never get to this … Continue reading 197. I’ll do it tomorrow

Impossible is defined as not able to be done or accomplished  And nothing is impossible  No matter how long it takes  If we preserve, endure, stay determined, and have a plan… We’ll eventually hit our goal.  We watched a video yesterday of a man who climbed the dawn wall.  A wall never climbed by man … Continue reading 196. Impossible

If we only know how to use a hammer, we’ll only try to fix things with a hammer.  This is great if all we’re dealing with is nails  But what happens when a screw comes up? The hammer ain't gonna work, but a screwdriver will..  A different tool  I was talking to a nurse the … Continue reading 195. Hammers

So what do we do when we get emotional?  Do we lash out at others?  Distract ourselves?  Shortness, rudeness, can’t sit still..  Shake it off?  And so many more..  The ideal would not be to let our emotions get to us, to think and make decisions more logical than emotional And awareness is the first … Continue reading 194. Emotions are powerful, they rule logic

Have you ever asked someone how they're doing and they answer “same shit”? But how could that be?  Corie and I added to our plant collection, a set of 12 different herbs  And it’s not as simple as just watering and giving these plants sunlight - it's making sure the quantity is just right too. … Continue reading 193. Same shit

For ourselves  For our families  So we can play with our dogs or kids  So we can live a long healthy life  “But we’re going to die one day”  Yes true, some people want to live longer though, and enjoy the fruits with their families  To me, healthy habits are everything. Because we all have … Continue reading 192. Why do we want to have healthy habits?