Grounded Advice for Personal Growth
Yesterday morning, I had a deadline dash forward on me. I was scheduled to have my mid-year credit meeting, the second biggest meeting of my year, at 3pm on Thursday via Webex. Instead, at 11am on Wednesday, the director of
Read moreIf you’ve been working on your budget for quite sometime, you realize that there is another very important balancing act that accompanies keeping your finances in order: balancing your checkbook. With computers and technology these days, everyone thinks they can
Read moreThe last Friday night of each session, we would have the final chapel service for the session. Though SCC was an Episcopalian camp, chapel and God were never “forced down your throat” as some might expect. They were instead used
Read more“OHHHHH! Stay on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, stay on the sunny side of life! Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da You will feel the pain as it drives you insane, so stay on the sunny side of life!” That’s the chorus
Read moreAs you know from yesterday’s post, I started going to summer camp at SCC back in the summer of 1998, and just like overcoming fears, camp was a great place for making new friends. I was invited by my lifelong
Read moreI can still remember the first time I overcame fear at camp. It was the summer of 1998, my first year as a camper at SCC, and the experience I am about to share with you has stayed with me
Read moreIn July of 1998, I spent my first full week at camp in Conneaut, OH. I ended up being a camper there for 7 years, and then was a counselor for 3 years, and it was truly one of the
Read moreIn the last couple of weeks, “Smiling is Free” has seemed to pop up more often than not. On our flight back from Pittsburgh two weekends ago, the flight attendant said, “I might not be able to get you much
Read moreAfter today, I will have spent about 20 of the past 62 hours in the car traveling alone. My division spans from Presque Isle, ME down through Manchester, NH, up through Burlington, VT and even so far west as Saranac
Read moreYesterday morning, I beat the sun up, and not by a little, by a couple hours. I made the conscious choice of working hard cleaning up our apartment and spending quality time with my girl on Sunday, but that meant
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