Category: Life

Lifestyle, People, Family, Relationships, Parenting, and Introspection according to how life be lifing.

  • I’m struggling to lock into a routine.

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  • This summer, the kids and I were hanging out at my brother’s house. Here’s a GIF that Google Photos app made from a video

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  • Near Everything

    If a question about places in Huntsville begins with “Are you near…”, my answer is ‘yes’. I seem to be reasonably close to everything.

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  • How are we still, in 2020, in a world where we don’t educate children on managing money?…Who gives a s*** about outer space?! I don’t care about Saturn! People don’t know how to pay their taxes. Gary Vaynerchuk, The GaryVee Audio Experience podcast, episode Why Entrepreneurship Isn’t For Everyone Something I admire about Gary Vaynerchuk,…

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  • Yesterday, I went to a group meetup for WordPress fans made up Bloggers and Web Designers. Attending was step 1 in finding my people here in Huntsville, AL — those like-minded individuals who will inadvertently hold me accountable. Step 2 Step 2 is finding the groups I connect with on a cultural level. I’ve used…

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  • I have an idea for the kid’s rooms. To help remind my children that I too was a child, I can hang photos of me at various ages of childhood. Is that weird? Because it feels genius.

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  • Birthday 39

    I am one year older today. I’m looking around my apartment at the boxes and wondering why I don’t feel like I’m at home. Am I ever going to feel like I’m at home anywhere? It’s weird that everything in my life feels like what’s next instead of this is awesome. I may not be…

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  • There’s no reason Egg Nog should be seasonal. It’s not an exotic fruit. It’s not strawberries or mangos, man. That’s all I’m going to say about that. Good day

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  • Grey

    I really, really think I spell grey with an “e” because the E key is right there next to the R key.

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  • Move in, Me

    The progress I’ve made in unpacking my new home is shameful.

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  • I’m rebuilding Mikewriting.com. I think my approach this go ’round is a lot better than the 2018 rebuild. But I haven’t written one new post or scripted one new narration

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  • I’ve been dialing back giving unsolicited advice. It’s kinda nice. I don’t do as much talking. Seems like I listen pretty seriously for clues that someone is asking. I’m looking hard for those hints. Resist the Fix I thought it would be harder to hold my tongue, because I want to fix things. It’s my…

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