Emotional Ledger

Emotional Ledger

You work the long hours, handle the heavy mortgage, and pay for the family vacation. You take immense pride in being the guy who makes it all happen. But pay attention to how you act once the vacation actually starts. You sit on the periphery. You check emails, scroll...
“When Things Slow Down”

“When Things Slow Down”

Listen to yourself over the next week. Pay attention to how many times you tell your partner, your kids, or yourself that you just need to get through this current sprint. “Once we get past this quarter at work.” “Once the kids are a little...
The Hobby Cart Trap

The Hobby Cart Trap

  There is a very specific trap we fall into when we decide to pick up a new skill or hobby. Long before we ever actually attempt the activity, we convince ourselves that we need the perfect equipment to start. If we decide to start hiking, we spend three weeks...
Our Emotional Survival

Our Emotional Survival

We pride ourselves on being self-reliant in almost every area of our lives, but most of us have a massive, glaring blind spot when it comes to our emotional survival. If we look closely at how we operate, our partner is usually the only person on earth who truly knows...
The Maintenance Phase of Adulthood

The Maintenance Phase of Adulthood

When we are younger, life is defined by massive milestones. We are constantly building. We are chasing the career, finding the partner, securing the house, and trying to get our feet underneath us. Every year brings a massive, noticeable shift in the landscape of our...
The Hobby Cart Trap

Motivation Doesn’t Exist

  We have been sold a massive, exhausting lie about how things get done. We are told that before we can tackle a difficult project, get back in the gym, or have a hard conversation, we first need to find our motivation. We treat motivation like it is a sudden...