January 2024

I once read a quote that noted Usain Bolt trained for 4 years just to run for less than 10 seconds! I guess you could say he trained for longer than that, longer than the pre-Olympic period, because presumably he'd been training for most of his...

31 January, 2024

I'm lucky enough to have a very loving and supportive partner, as well as two loving and wonderful children. In addition, I still have one parent alive, and two siblings, with whom I think I have good relationships. Taking everything into account we're all pretty...

30 January, 2024

I'm going to "warn" you up front that this post doesn't really offer any happiness tips or answers or solutions or hacks. Rather, it poses some questions. That being said they are, in my opinion, important questions; and more so, questions the answers to which will definitively...

29 January, 2024

If someone else is hurting, they're hurting. You don't need to fully understand how or why they're hurting; but you can still make an effort to be there, to care, and if possible, to ensure the hurt doesn't continue excessively and unnecessarily. If something seems fun...

26 January, 2024

Most of us hate uncertainty. We find it unsettling and anxiety provoking and, well, just plain distressing. We prefer to know what's going on and what's what. But do we ever really know what's going on? I mean, do we ever really know anything 100%? If not, then...

22 January, 2024