My cute wife and cute kids went to the aquarium today and I had to stay home and work. In the bigger picture, I would have loved to have gone with them. In the smaller picture, I’m not working hard enough to figure out a way to become financially independent of a job so that …
Author Archives: Mitch
It’s a little wet. And a little dry.
My 2-year-old saw some water on the sink counter and she said, “It’s a little wet.” And then she said, “And a little dry.” I think most things are like this. Not all one thing or all another. A little bit of both. So the next time you think someone is mean or nice, or …
Love of the game
Professional high stakes poker players play against each other. Why? They could make a lot more money playing against players that are much worse than they are. But they like playing against other high level pros. Why? Because they like the challenge. Because they love the game. Find a game you love to play. Or …
What do you remember?
A birthday comes, an anniversary passes, it’s been 5 years since something. But what do you remember? It’s not the number of years. It’s the number of life-changing moments. How often do you work on creating life-changing moments?
Microclimates
We went to the beach today and it was very foggy and somewhat cold, not exactly T-shirt and shorts weather. When we left the beach and drove five minutes inland, it was clear and sunny. It’s amazing how little you have to move sometimes to experience dramatically different weather, different work environments, different air quality, or …
You can’t learn while you’re leaning
We took my son outside today to bike around with his training wheels and I took them off for a little while and he practiced learning how to keep his own balance. I would wait until he seemed pretty centered and then let go of the seat. But there’s really no in between. You’re either …
Don’t be sweatshirtist
I forgot to bring a mask with me when I went grocery shopping today and so I fashioned a face covering out of my hooded sweatshirt. I zipped it up part way, and put it on backwards by sticking my head through the opening with the hood in front of my face instead of behind …
What can break?
I recently downloaded the mobile app to go with the air filter that I’ve had for 2 years and has worked perfectly fine. The app somehow broke the device and they’re sending me a replacement. It was surprising to me that a piece of software could break a piece of hardware, but that seems to …
Just because you can
I was really tired today from work and kids and kids but it’s one of the first days that the air has been good enough to go outside and go for a run. So I went for a run. Tired and all. Sometimes you just have to be grateful for the opportunity. And do it …
Freedom is inside
For the past several days I’ve been housebound because of the fires in California, wishing that I could be outside, and feeling a bit trapped. Until I thought about myself outside. If I were outside in that terrible air, then I would feel trapped and start looking for a refuge. When I found the structure …