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  • Monday Mark 54.5 & 55.0

    Monday Mark 54.5 & 55.0

    54.5 – For Last Week’s MM: You’ve survived every single thing you thought you couldn’t handle up until this point. Why would the next one be any different? What’s the hardest thing you’ve already survived? What are you convinced you can’t handle right now? That thing you’re convinced you can’t handle—do something about it this week. Let…

  • Monday Mark 52.5 & 53.0

    Monday Mark 52.5 & 53.0

    52.5 – For Last Week’s MM: The version of yourself you perform for other people is always less interesting than the one you’re hiding. It just never feels that way from the inside. The parts of yourself you think are “too much” for people are usually the parts they’d actually connect with. And the parts you…

  • Monday Mark – 51.5 & 52.0

    Monday Mark – 51.5 & 52.0

    51.5 – For Last Week’s MM: The smartest people you know aren’t the ones with the best answers. They’re the ones still sitting with questions everyone else gave up on years ago. When did you last sit with a question instead of rushing to answer it? What are you afraid you’d find if you kept asking?…

  • Monday Mark 43.5 & 44.0

    Monday Mark 43.5 & 44.0

    43.5 – For Last Week’s MM: Everything that matters most in life will sometimes bore you. Your marriage will bore you.Your career will bore you.Your kids will bore you. But boredom isn’t a sign that you chose wrong. It’s a signal that you have chosen to make something more important than your own momentary pleasure. It’s…

  • Monday Mark 42.5 & 43.0

    Monday Mark 42.5 & 43.0

    42.5 – For Last Week’s MM: The moment you accept that you can’t control the outcome is the moment you stop being controlled by it. The people who seem most at peace aren’t the ones who got everything they wanted. They’re the ones who stopped wanting everything they couldn’t have. What outcome are you trying to…

  • Monday Mark – 37.5 & 38.0

    Monday Mark – 37.5 & 38.0

    37.5 – For Last Week’s MM: “The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” – Rainer Maria Rilke Underrated life skill: knowing when to give up. What are you still holding onto that you already know isn’t working? What happens if you give it up? Let go of one thing you’ve…

  • Monday Mark – 36.5 & 37.0

    Monday Mark – 36.5 & 37.0

    36.5 – For Last Week’s MM: Every decision you make shapes who you have to live with tomorrow. Make sure you’re creating a person you like being with. You’re going to be in a relationship with yourself for your entire life. So you should probably learn how to make it a good one. Do you like…

  • I Love Colorado

    I Love Colorado

    Let me just say this… I knew Arkansas sucked, but I didn’t realize how badly they sucked until I moved here to Colorado. First of all, I’m riding the Struggle Bus again when it comes to getting something written daily for my blog. It’s fallen by the wayside and I can’t seem to grab ahold…

  • Monday Mark – 19.5 & 20.0

    Monday Mark – 19.5 & 20.0

    19.5 – For Last Week’s MM: The one productivity system that controls all others: your emotions. When you are in love with what you’re doing, everything gets easier.When you hate what you’re doing, no productivity hack will save you. What would it look like if you didn’t hate that thing you’ve been forcing yourself to do?…

  • What am I [to you]?

    What am I [to you]?

    Last night, I asked if you were going to pause the show we were watching (as it was after 9p and you had to work in the morning), except my brain shorted out at, “Are you gonna…” and the words I needed got blown away like a plastic bag in high winds. By the time…

  • Monday Mark – 18.5 & 19.0

    Monday Mark – 18.5 & 19.0

    17.5 – For Last Week’s MM: People don’t burn out from doing too much. They burn out from doing too little of what matters. The only thing worse than failing at something meaningful is succeeding at something meaningless. Think of your most recent success. Was it meaningful? If it wasn’t, what do you wish you’d tried…

  • It’s a Slippery Slope

    It’s a Slippery Slope

    Recovery from Addiction is a mountainous climb that involves many treacherous situations. One wrong move and you’re sliding down that slippery slope back to the bottom. I’m addicted to nicotine, but I won’t say that I fully understand other addictions. I believe I have a good enough grasp of it, based on the research and…