Category: Life

I had a realization the other day. I was winding down and across my head floated, “When you know who are you know what to…

We impact the lives of others. And we don’t get a choice about it and it’s not partial to who we are. It’s going to…

Someone asked me the other day if Olympic lifting is always fun for me.  The short answer is no, and the newness of W1D1 is…

I’ve been thinking of the right way to articulate this exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat: “. . . we’re all mad here. I’m…

Almost every time I cut a bell pepper I think of working at Subway because that’s where I learned to core and cut a bell…

Food for thought (for me, and maybe for you): Don’t let comparison stop you from starting the work you need to do to get where…

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man.” Or so Heraclitus said….

Hii 🙂 Things I’ve been up to lately: work, fitness, thinking, reading, writing, dating (trying to), conversations, life. This came up today and I’m pondering it….

Thoughts on good leadership and examples from my past.

Rest week is overrr. I kind of loved the change of pace and low pressure. I had a slight recurring mental fomo but my body…

As I was writing out my March training recap I quickly realized the overarching story was about the Open and Quarterfinals, so I am going…

He ran down the heart of the old midway, where the weight guessers, fortune-tellers, and dancing gypsies had once worked. He lowered his chin and…

“We tend to … tell ourselves that we’re not good enough or we’re not as good as these other people around us that we see,…

A bit about recognizing value and appreciating growth.

The full house at Victory last night got me thinking about all of the things we’ve had going on, and some of the major events…

Are you willing to revisit the dark place to satisfy your mind?

Feb training reflection & log.

Last week for the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation I got to have a neat conversation with Lucas Steldt and two of his women freestyle wrestlers that…

Create an environment in which it’s easy to eat well, move often, sleep lots, think deeply, & create real connections. Be intentional; don’t just hope…

There’s nothing that quite stacks up to a conversation reminding you you’re just getting started at something. I always feel like I’m learning a lot…