Tag: life balance
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True Rest
This past month I took a brief hiatus from writing and posting weekly blogs to spend some focused time evaluating, reviewing and refining the purpose, priority and future direction of The Rest Stop. I wanted to make certain I am remaining true to the cause I believe so strongly in and make any needed course…
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Talk to not about one another.
Ever notice folks have the tendency to talk about others rather than talking to them? Nothing frosts me more than finding out someone has an issue with me and rather than coming to me directly, they go to someone else and air their complaint in hopes it will get back to me. That is a…
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Difficult Discussions
Over the past few months both at work and in my personal life I have had to engage in several difficult discussions. Conversations requiring a significant level of confrontation. Usually, I am quite diligent when it comes to addressing sticky or sensitive issues in a timely manner. I had a lot of pressing projects going…
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Wanna live healthy in 2024? … Avoid AI at all costs!
In my pursuit of rest and life balance over the past four years, one of the most significant changes I made was in the area of diet. I followed a paleo diet for a while, then switched to keto. I dropped wheat, flour, seed oils, most sugar added, and processed foods from my diet. The…
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Live The Truth, NOT live your own truth.
Last week my wife Tammy and I spent a few days in the mountains of North Carolina to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. It was a restful and relaxing time. On our third day though we had a brief period of stress. After a leisurely breakfast we were walking along an old section of Asheville that…
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The relationship that will rob you of rest.
There is a relationship that will wear you out, stress you out, and rob you of well-being, peace, and rest. What relationship is that you ask? It’s any relationship that is based on “performance” to gain approval or acceptance. Over the past four years in my pursuit toward rest and life balance one of my…
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Technology Rules! or Technology Rules.
In the game of football an encroachment violation occurs when, before the snap, a defensive player illegally crosses the line of scrimmage and makes contact with an opponent or has a clear path to the quarterback. To encroach means to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits. It can also mean to intrude, infringe or…
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Conscious consumption
Ok, I have a bunch of thoughts going through my head right now. I’m going to bring up several things that at first may not seem to be connected but stay with me. 1) I can’t stand it when I’m at the gym and some guy at the sink is running the faucet full blast…
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Simply Simplify
The word simplify means to make something less complex or complicated, plainer and easier. You may have heard the story that during the height of the space race in the 1960s, The U.S. spent millions to create a pen that would write in space while the Russians simply used a pencil. It’s a great story,…
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Are you a Seagull or a Steward?
Are you a seagull or a steward? If you ever want to truly find rest and life balance when it comes to money, possessions, and a materialistic mindset, you will come to recognize that ownership is highly overrated. There’s a scene in the movie Finding Nemo where a pelican is on the dock and Marlin,…
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