Turning 50

It’s hard to write (or even think) something original about getting older. Many people smarter and more erudite than me have opined on this topic for thousands of years and so I don’t know that I can make an original contribution. …

Now That I Am 50 I woke up this morning with the usual stiffness in my neck and the most recent pain in my heels. I felt the stiffness and I felt the pain, yet it didn’t seem to matter as much. I yawned and stretched, barely escaping the charlie…

Jesse Itzler, a serial entrepreneur, author, and athlete, is someone I started following earlier this year. I found his content quirky and uplifting, inspiring and funny. And most of all, I found him incredibly down to earth, especially after learning that while wildly successful in his own right, he’s also…

I had cancer once. It was hard and beautiful and frightening and interesting. I experienced so much pain it nearly sent me out of my mind. Other times the quality of discomfort and strangeness in my body was so curious to me I became a study of myself. …

I Turned 50, Caught COVID, & Quit My Job First, if you have landed here from my YouTube channel, I heart you to the moon! Thank you for being interested enough in my little meanderings to click through to this space. If you have ended up here in some other fashion, welcome! …

Prepare to Squirrel — for 50 years I’ve raced to beat the squirrel, relenting to my inner rat (Chinese Zodiac vs. Prohibition Era reference). It’s time to let the squirrel foredge those ever elusive “shiny things.” These are a squirrel’s calling, it’s destiny if I may. And this squirrel wants…

I turned 50 TODAY :) And the last few days leading up to today have been a f**king rollercoaster of emotions, learning and self-acceptance. All on fast forward with a dollop of self-pity and plenty of tears. I’m bloody glad I’m here now — wherever ‘here’ is. But if the…