Happiness includes a happy gut. A happy gut wants nutritional foods. Nutritional foods, from my perspective are 1 ingredient foods. Broccoli, apples, chicken, and water are all 1 ingredient foods. Cheesy broccoli, apple pie, Buffalo chicken wings, and beer are not 1 ingredient foods. Our gut is a fascinating system that works great when it…
The pandemic affected my life in many ways beginning in the middle of March 2020. My entire office was sent home to work remotely. They said it was temporary. Temporary became permanent by December 2020. My job responsibilities or the way they were completed did not change. The only change was that I now went…
Last week I witnessed an act of kindness and respect that made me smile for the rest of the day. I was stopped at a traffic light heading westbound on a 4-lane, 50mph max road. While waiting for the light to change, I noticed a ground hog in the median along side of me. My…
You just received an angry email from your boss. No matter the subject, there are now several versions of your reply playing in your head. None of which are the correct response. Which one do you choose? None. Leave the email alone and go for a walk, lunch or somewhere quiet and let your anger…
All of us should have a set of rules for living our lives and being part of society. An established core values system will provide the SOP for every part of your life. A user manual of sorts. First of all, they will guide you to make good decisions and responses. Core values will also…
In the early days of the pandemic, I looked around my home and came up with many improvement ideas. I was going to purge my closets and do away with all the junk drawers. How many junk drawers does one really need? After a weak start, I lost my enthusiasm and all my home organization…
My morning routine includes a workout. After years of randomly working out, I wanted to create a strategy to make my workout a habit. First, I created a set of questions to identify my fitness goals. Second, I added actions to achieve my fitness goals. That strategy became my fitness training system. What fitness goals…
In March 2020, I was sent home to work remotely to which my job became new and exciting! Jeans and sweatshirts. I almost eliminated all ironing. As great as the work environment became, my days were becoming unstructured. I needed discipline and the first step, I decided, was creating a routine. Fun With Brain Dumps…