Problem solving and stories of personal growth, development, and travels with a stuffed monkey.
At 42, I'm only now seeing the benefit of having opened many doors of opportunity in my life. When the shit hits the fan with whatever I'm doing, so to speak, I can just go through one of those other doors. While a professor of mathematics, statistics, and actuarial science, I have picked up several … Continue reading Opening Doors of Opportunity
Over the last few months, I have been training and dropping weight for the Victory Grappling Championships, a jiu jitsu tournament that was held on Saturday, April 13, 2019. In the last week, I had to drop a few pounds. This was easier than it ever has been. A big reason for this was that … Continue reading Less Comfort and More Suffering
The Daily Stoic is delivered to my inbox every morning. It offers a meditation for the day grounded in the philosophy of stoicism. For 2019, I'm getting a double dose of meditations as I am also working through Ryan Holiday's book The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. Yes, … Continue reading Annoyance Control
Although I have skied several times over the last decade, I have always been alone until last week. We met some friends in Taos, NM to enjoy a week of hiking, New Mexican craft beer, and some fine dining around Taos. I also had to throw some jiu jitsu practice in at 7000 feet (quite … Continue reading I Might Blow Out a Knee
After reading Aubrey Marcus's Own the Day, Own Your Life, I became very interested in the science behind a few of his suggestions. In order to own the day, a few of his suggestions were to start the day with a breathing exercise now commonly referred to as the Wim Hof breathing method, and to … Continue reading Breathe
