Personal Growth

July 2, 2020

How to Tell Failure to Suck It

Failure and rejection. These two words have the power to make the majority of mankind’s butt pucker out of fear. Few other beliefs are capable of preventing people from achieving that which they’re capable of and keep them from even trying. Hopes and dreams are stamped out like a flaming bag of poop on your front porch. When you attempt to prevent failure by not trying, you might think that you’re protecting yourself, but in reality, you’re just getting scorched crap all over your shoes.

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June 18, 2020

How to make 2020 your best year yet

Prepare yourself. You’re about to read a sentence that’s going to feel like reality just meat slapped you and hit you with a fat load of realization. Ready for it?

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March 7, 2020

Why We Need Challenges

Last fall I was in Austria for a 10-day solo trip full of hiking and apple strudels (it’s all about balance, right?). The second to last day I was looking forward to my final hike up the Nordkette: a 5-hour hike of mostly switchbacks that ends with panoramic views of Innsbruck. A definitive butt-buster.

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January 22, 2020

5 Ways to Find Joy in F*cked Up Times

We kicked off 2020 with a large dose of bat-shit craziness. Drone strikes and missile attacks, assassination, threats of war, and Australia is freakin’ on fire. You may have ended 2019 vowing that 2020 will be “your year”–the year you take your life to the next level, live up to your potential, and find genuine happiness. But photos of koalas with burnt paws and sad eyes have a way of deflating even the most motivated of intentions. With the state of the world in such turmoil and with the near future looking incredibly bleak, how can you find joy?

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