It was almost 11am and I found myself in a tough spot.   My wife and I enjoy exercising together on Saturdays.  It's a routine during this season of life (for about a month and a half now) that we have found to spend together that involves not talking about [...]

As we sat there tired, stressed, and frustrated with what we just realized was our weekly schedule, my wife finally blurted out what I had been mulling over myself:   "Why are we making ourselves so busy? Are we not allowed to relax?"   We had been discussing the upcoming [...]

Fellow Dad,   Simple health means to distill and define action we can take today that could potentially last beyond today.  In order for something new to last beyond today, that action must be small, it must make both a short-term & long-term impact, and it has got to fit [...]

Fellow Dads, So you want to do something about your health? A lot of men I talk to about their health and fitness begin by telling me about some sort of desire to be fit again. It is followed closely by some sort of declaration of not having enough [...]

Fellow Dads, I struck a gold mine and I knew it before we even signed the lease. My wife and I had been searching for a new place to live.  We were a couple months into the search and hadn't found anything to our liking.  We needed something affordable, [...]

Fellow Dads, I don't remember when I fully realized it, but at a certain point, I became aware of a pressing need that seemed to pop up in most areas of my life: cutting waste, increasing efficiency, doing more with less. Maybe it was my time in commodities trading. [...]

Fellow Dads, It was a good morning, but somewhat different than I would typically have liked: it was 5:30, and I sat on our old red couch in complete darkness across the living room from my wife, who had our boy perfectly asleep on her chest in the recliner.  [...]