In just a few days, 2024 will be over and it will be a new year. Time seems to have flown by these past several months. My 2024 has been filled with ups and downs, but I’m happy and grateful that as the year comes to a close, I can Read more…
I hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas filled with love, laughter, and great food. The Christmas season is a wonderful time to ensure your loved ones know how much you love and appreciate them. This can be with Christmas presents, thoughtful letters, time spent together, or a simple phone call Read more…
It’s important to decide what you do want. This is your goal and what you work towards. But it’s also important to decide what you don’t want. This helps you deter the things you don’t want from hopping along for the ride. The combination of what you do want and Read more…
The best way to explain something is to present it in the simplest way possible. Usually, when someone wants an explanation, they want to understand. But this doesn’t mean they want ALL the details. Generally, they just want to understand the big picture. The idea/concept. If they do want more Read more…
Imagine you’re driving down the road and you see this huge, scraggly tree that kind of looks like a hand beckoning you. It’s a really weird tree and you’re staring at it when you suddenly feel a bump bump bump. You’ve just run over the uneven ground on the side Read more…
I have so much to be grateful for this, and every, year. I am grateful to you for taking the time out of your day to read this. I am grateful for my coworkers, my neighbors, my friends, and my family. I am grateful for my wonderful little dog. I Read more…
It’s easy to lose sight of your goal as you go about your day-to-day tasks and become entrenched in the details of your projects. However, this can be a slippery slope to losing motivation and alignment. It’s important to keep your overarching goal as visible and prominent as possible. This Read more…
Have you ever worked on a big, complex project and found the experience easy and enjoyable? What about the reverse? Was it difficult and almost nightmarish with constantly shifting goals and requirements? The difference between the two experiences is night and day. But the cause of those differences? The simple Read more…
My daily routine tends to be very sedentary and most of my time is spent indoors. As a programmer, pretty much all my work occurs at my desk. While I do sometimes stand to work, most of the time is spent sitting. I take my dog for a walk every Read more…
Election day is just around the corner, and I’ve been seeing a handful of ads for some of the amendments on the Florida ballot. What I’ve found fascinating has been seeing an ad that is for an amendment and then seeing a different ad that is against that same amendment. Read more…