What running in and recovering from my first 10K taught me. As I took the final turn from S. 1st Street onto W. Riverside Drive, I could finally see the finish line of my first 10K. Running through the throngs of people cheering the other runners and me on to finish strong helped me dig deep and pull out whatever energy I had left. While training for this run, I pictured this moment and assumed I’d feel a sense of accomplishment. Yet, when I finally crossed the line to comple

A short blog about unplugging, slowing down, and being fully present. In many ways, the title says it all: I don’t want to write this blog. It’s not because I have nothing to say - if you know me at all, that’s rarely an issue. I’m also not burned out, cheesed off at the world, or questioning whether I should continue writing these blogs every week. Honestly, the reason is much simpler than that. When this blog post goes live, I’ll be on vacation with my family - one that i

WKRP in Cincinnati, Coupe DeVille's, and the Creative Power of Boredom If you grew up as part of Generation X (as I did), are an older millennial, or even an early Gen Z kid, chances are you experienced something that feels just as extinct as a stegosaurus: good, old-fashioned boredom. I’m talking about the kind of boredom where you’d build forts out of every pillowy structure in your house because there’s nothing else to do. The type of boredom where you’d stare out the ca