The Big Lessons Learned in 2011: So Far

I’ve learned big lessons in 2011. Huge. Life changing. And I don’t say that lightly. Technically it all started in December of 2010, but that makes a long headline. My goal here is to briefly introduce these big lessons, and then follow up with more in depth posts on the different topics later on. I’m [...]

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Re: Publish the Suck

I read/watched this post by a guy I’ve been following for a short time now. His name is Niall Doherty and he’s minimized the number of his possessions, quit his day job, and blogs about all of that and more. Don’t wait for perfection In today’s post he talks about putting your stuff out there, [...]

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Moving for one year – what would you take with you?

What would you take with you if you were moving for a short time? You don’t need everything. But you need some things. Hot on the heels of me minimizing my possessions by about 50% within the time of a couple of weeks, I find out there is the potential I might be moving to [...]

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Serious Progress

As you can see from my previous few posts. I’ve become infatuated with getting rid of stuff I don’t need. I decided to start in the garage. To reiterate if this is your first time here, I live in a house with two other roommates. So I have a room that is mine. And then [...]

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Garage Cleaning Part 2

Round 2 with the garage stuff I talk about in the previous post went very well. 2 more totes and an electric guitar are heading to Goodwill. I’ve gone from 20 totes to 11. And the biggest totes are empty. I think I can go down a few more totes without it hurting. Then the [...]

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Minimalism first steps

This past Sunday I went through some of my stuff. I have approximately 12 tote boxes of stuff in my garage. Those big plastic things from Target that I could fit a cooler inside and still snap the lid shut on the tote. Huge. UPDATE: I just looked at my ‘before’ picture. I actually have [...]

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Minimalism thoughts I just need to get down in text

Since December I continue to really re-evaluate more and more areas of my life. It’s not been a conscious decision. It just happened. It’s been fascinating though and I welcome it. My only frustration is that I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to write about it. I want to write. I’ve always been [...]

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Why you should stop eating sugar

I haven’t talked about this at all yet here, but since Christmas I’ve had a revolution in how I think about the things I eat. The most important point of all. Sugar is bad for you. Really bad. As in, if you stopped eating it today, you will be healthier by factors of lots in [...]

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Don’t Fear Death

“Don’t fear death because you are born to die” Walter Breuning (1896-2011) 114 yo http://bit.ly/gjnb67

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7 Marathon Training tips for my cousin Sarah

My cousin Sarah just asked if I had any tips for marathon training. I did. Below is an off the top of my head set of 7 tips that all new runners should know, A marathon is a great goal. I’ve yet to do one. I’m training for my 2nd 1/2 marathon which is in [...]

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