On the chairlift, I was talking with Noah about gratitude. Mornings like this don’t just brush past you—they soak right into your soul. I tried to put that feeling into words, but he just grinned at me, shook his head, and said I was a little loopy. We skied out…
When I wrote down my running goals more than three years ago, I had no idea what I was really signing up for. I figured the 400 meters under a minute was realistic if I worked hard enough. The 100 meters in 11.99 seconds before the age of 50 felt…
I Did It. Another Big Goal Down. I set out to run 400 meters in under a minute before turning 51—and today, I did it. 57.74 seconds. Recorded at the Kerry McCann Athletic Centre. The 400 meters is brutal. One of the hardest races you can run. I was so…
Over the past three years, I have become a student of philosophy, with a big focus and practical alignment to Stoicism. It was through a discussion in an online philosophy group, about a year ago, that I journeyed closer to the social aspect of Stoicism, with its emphasis on our…
For years, I watched my dad leap into the ocean every morning, as if it were some joyful ritual. Meanwhile, “I stood” on the shoreline thinking, What the hell is he doing? The idea of voluntarily hurling myself into freezing water before the sun had properly risen seemed… ridiculous. Unpleasant.…