Wax On: A Non-Surfer's Guide to Catching a Wave

During the depth of the recession, I did a webcast for our industry.  Recruiters from around the country listened to this training that was really 30% education and 70% encouragement (or maybe it was more like 80% if you buy into the whole "give 110%" thing).  My goal was to give my friends in the industry some practical tools to survive the worst downturn our industry had ever seen and at the same time convince them that better days were ahead.  The analogy I used was that of a wave building out in the ocean. My encouragement was to "wax your surfboards, kids, the wave is coming!  Paddle hard!"

A One Time Decision

Ahh...sweet January.

While I love the feasting and festivities of the holidays, I breathe a big sigh of relief when it's all over.  There's something really nice about getting back into normal rhythms.

After some serious dietary off-roading that involved midnight encounters with eggnog in the glow of the refrigerator light, I decided to do a hard reset and do a Whole30.

My first Whole30 was in February 2012 and as much as I hate the overuse of the phrase "life changing" it's the only description that really does the experience justice.

A Trip Down the "Mine" Shaft

The word "mine" is fascinating to me.

No, not this kind of mine

Or this kind of mine

Love Me Some Measurements

Today I posted the following as my Facebook status:

New Year's Confession: I have a nearly compulsive desire to set goals, make charts, track metrics, graph progress, etc. As I was hiking with a friend yesterday I had an epiphany. What if this year instead of tracking, measuring and checking boxes, I just be. Yes, just go through life enjoying the moment, not plotting anything on a graph, not measuring, just going with the flow. I was so giddy at the prospect that the first thing I decided to do was set a goal of how many consecutive days I could go without measuring anything. Naturally, I also made a chart to track my progress. Phew...glad that's over.

Immediately, there were a lot of "likes" and comments.  Clearly the sentiment resonated.  Sometimes my sense of humor is so subtle that the joke ends up getting missed and some folks seemed to think my post was a pronouncement that I would no longer be measuring or monitoring the metrics that make up my life.  This is not the case.  In the same morning that I wrote that post, I took several measurements.