appreciating the everyday

Enough Already It's easy to know when we have had enough. Too much food, too much anger, too much to do in too little time. We hit our enough level…

Solution Decision The main reason that we don't move ahead quickly enough for our own taste is that there are decisions involved. Decisions tend to stump us because we tend…

Shallow Praise Thousands of words have been written in an attempt to get managers to abandon the use of the words "good job" or make completely meaningless remarks to those…

Village Members It is said that it "takes a village" to do some things. The statement is meant to demonstrate that very often it takes more than just one person…

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Action has dual Personalities Sometimes our brains act like they have two personalities. The angelic one gets all of those great ideas and wants to get ahead, complete tasks, redecorate…

Curiosity Questions Normal curiosity is a super power for a three year old. The constantly asked question of the year is "why" and parents can get very creative just trying…

Secret Plans don't Talk Proclaiming to the whole world that you are going to do something momentous is a commitment some of us just can't do. Depending on your general…

Reasonably Awesome It is reasonable to believe that we are all ordinarily awesome. This blog, this website and my book, Essentially Ordinary, are all based on the premise that all…

Fear of Should There are a whole lotta fears in our world. It's best we just focus on the ones we can actually have an effect on and come into…