Jeff Barton – Medium

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It’s Time to Begin Your Life

By Design, Not by Default — Life comes with so many difficulties. And even though life began for me 46+ years ago, I was living it like others wanted me to. I was living my life by default. So I’ve decided it’s time to begin my life again. There are times in life when emptiness is…

Life Lessons

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Life Lessons

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What Is the Alternative to Your Current Life?

“You have the life you’re willing to put up with.” — Gary John Bishop Right now, I’m happy — but I know that could change at a moment’s notice. That’s life. And I’m prepared for that change if it happens. But a couple of years ago, I couldn’t say I…

Life

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Life

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I Have No Clue Where My Life Is Headed

And I’m Completely Fine With It — I used to think I knew what I was doing when it came to life. I had everything figured out. The house, the family, and the stable job. For a while, life was really good. Or so I pretended. My life is unrecognizable compared to one year ago. …

Life

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Life

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This Is the Difference Between the Life You Have and the Life You Want

A while ago, I wrote a post about dreaming your life away. It was written from experience because I did that for many years. I had a life, but it was not the life I wanted. I worked in a job I hated, drank too much, and was so full…

Personal Growth

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This Is the Difference Between the Life You Have and the Life You Want

Personal Growth

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Medium Has a Major Plagiarism Problem

And I wonder if they care — I really didn’t want to write this. I’ve been contemplating whether publishing this story will be detrimental to me, my writing, and my publications, for a while. I’ve read stories about how writers are put into Medium jail for criticizing the platform. But I can’t ignore the problem anymore. I’m…

Writing

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Writing

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Published in Runner's Life

·Jan 22

Runner’s Life Newsletter

Highlights and stories from January 8-January 21, 2023 — Welcome to the Runner’s Life newsletter! If you’ve missed previous newsletters, you can find the archive here. Below are the most recent editions of Amby Burfoot’s weekly newsletter titled Run Long, Run Healthy, where he publishes short summaries and links to the Internet’s most recent and scientific reviews of running…

Running

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Running

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·Jan 8

Sunday Shoe Review: Altra Lone Peak 7

Updates make this popular trail shoe even better — As an avid trail runner, I’m always excited when a new trail shoe comes out. Because I spend so much time on the trails and in the mountains, and regardless of whether it’s the first iteration or in the case of the Lone Peak, the 7th, new trail shoes bring…

Running

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Running

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·Jan 8

Runner’s Life Newsletter

Highlights and stories from December 25, 2022-January 7, 2023 — Welcome to the Runner’s Life newsletter! If you’ve missed previous newsletters, you can find the archive here. As mentioned in the last newsletter, we welcomed Amby Burfoot to Runner’s Life. Amby has a weekly newsletter titled Run Long, Run Healthy, where he publishes short summaries and links to the Internet’s…

Running

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Running

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·Dec 25, 2022

Runner’s Life Newsletter

Highlights and stories from December 11-December 24, 2022 — Welcome to the Runner’s Life newsletter! If you’ve missed previous newsletters, you can find the archive here. We are honored to welcome Amby Burfoot as a contributor to Runner’s Life. Amby has a weekly newsletter titled, “Run Long, Run Healthy” where he publishes short summaries and links to the Internet’s…

Running

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Running

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·Dec 11, 2022

Runner’s Life Newsletter

Highlights and stories from November 27-December 10, 2022 — Welcome to the Runner’s Life newsletter! If you’ve missed previous newsletters, you can find the archive here. Featured Story Positive Running for Positive Change by Anita Shet “Dawn broke crisply on a bracing Sunday in Bengaluru in southern India as the eager young volunteers bustled about to place the finishing touches for…

Running

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Running

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