Problem solving and stories of personal growth, development, and travels with a stuffed monkey.
Erin and I struck up a conversation with a group of people next to us while enjoying a drink at the bar in The Whale's Tail in Anchorage, AK. We had said that Erin would be running the Mayor's Half Marathon the next morning when a lady in the group mentioned a younger brother who … Continue reading What We Remember
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
About a month ago, in my post Breathe, I resolved to commit 6 months to meditative breathing and cold showers. Specifically, I'm following the Wim Hof Method as best as I can. I'm over a month into my experiment and I am feeling great. In late February, I began ending each of my regular warm … Continue reading One Month of Cold Showers: My Report
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
