Thoughts From the Porch

While we sipped home-roasted coffee together, my family sometimes talked about how cool it would be to open a coffee shop…maybe we would sell home-baked treats in a place where local art was displayed, and local musicians could maybe come and play guitar in the corner on a Saturday morning.  And people would stay and

I thought it was just me.  I thought I was part of an elite few holding this distinction of being maybe a little motivationally challenged.  I thought I was the only one who needed a nudge and some guidance on not only getting those daily, annoying tasks done, but also on those larger goals and

The last couple of weeks, I talked about how motivation follows action, and that we must begin actually doing something, even if it is super small or imperfect, in order to get started. Most people (except for me) have mastered those mundane tasks that I used as examples, and maybe the articles seemed a bit

Last week, I wrote about how motivation very seldom comes from out of the blue.  Once in a while, something flips inside your head and gives you that burst to work towards your goals, but I don’t think that happens instantly very often like that.   The key I talked about last week was:  Motivation follows

If you know, you know.  If you are like me, these next two posts are going to resonate with you in a sad and sickening, but true, way.  But if you are not like me: first, thank the Lord.  But then, realize that you are going to be yelling at your screen as you read