Every year, my parents send out a Family Christmas Photo to all of their friends and relatives. For as long as I can remember, the process of actually taking this annual family photo has been an exercise in patience. Consequently, whenever my mother says “Oh, why don’t we take the Christmas picture since we’re all together?” her suggestion is met with a series of reluctant groans. [Click here to read more →]
My girlfriend Cassie had a life reboot of her own this year: She began a career as a music teacher. She has therefore experienced a lot of “firsts” ever since she started. Her first curriculum, her first classroom, her first student body.
Last night, she conducted her first 8th Grade Holiday Choir Concert. [Click here to read more →]
It was a harmless question. He asked it with no malicious intent. Still, the mere suggestion of it made my pulse race and my palms sweat:
“Is anyone interested in a game of poker?”
He gestured to a card table. An immediately recognizable chip-case rested on the felt. Atop the case was a brand new deck of Bicycle playing cards. My ears felt hot at the temptation. I desperately wanted to say “Yes.” [Click here to read more →]
I pried the “Backspace” key off of my keyboard with a screwdriver less than 30 seconds ago, and I’m already reaching for it instinctually. My desire to publish “good” writing has caused me to adopt the neurotic habit of eliminating “bad” writing.
Unfortunately, my obsession for “good” writing escalated to an impossible level: I refused to publish anything unless it was perfect. Consequently, I didn’t publish anything at all for nearly a month. I realize now that unless I lower the bar, I’ll never publish anything again — because nothing I write will ever be perfect. [Click here to read more →]
I made a choice a few months ago that turned out to be an expensive mistake. I upgraded LifeReboot’s web hosting service to a dedicated server plan that costs $250/month. When I shared this operating cost for my blog with fellow blogger John Wesley, he said simply:
“You’re paying WAY too much for web hosting.”
In this article, I’ll discuss how paying $250 each month to keep LifeReboot on the web lowered my quality of life. [Click here to read more →]
I was recently contacted by John Wesley, Founder of PickTheBrain.com. He invited me to write a guest entry on his blog, PickTheBrain.
PTB is one of the fastest growing self-improvement sites on the web. Because of this, I was quite honored to even be asked. I agreed to be a guest author for PTB and collaborated with John while writing the article.
John: Thanks for the opportunity to write for your audience. I’m glad you enjoyed LifeReboot, and I hope that your readers will too.
I stared at the ad with mixed thoughts.
“A comprehensive program that includes a traditionally structured Budo training and a learning of natural functions of body and mind. Our purpose is self-improvement, Personal Excellence, using traditional Japanese Budo such as Aiki Jujitus and Karate-do that are based on Nihonn Kokoro (Japanese traditional spirit).”
It went on to describe how “austere Martial Arts training helps one achieve a heightened sense of the mind, body, and spirit unification.”
I was still unsure if this sounded like something I wanted to try. I glanced through the rest of the flier until my eyes became fixated near the bottom. Someone had written “It’s Bring a Friend to Class Week!” in magic marker.
I made up my mind and tore a stub off the bottom. [Click here to read more →]
Over 50,000 people read my article about The Working Dead yesterday. Consequently, my email inbox had 400 new messages today. Nearly every message was a supportive one.
I couldn’t respond to all 400 emails, so please forgive me if I didn’t reply to you. Know that I’m truly grateful for your interest, participation, and support — it’s great knowing that so many readers enjoy LifeReboot.
Since I am going away for the weekend, I hadn’t planned on publishing another article until next week. I think it’s important, though, to welcome the newest LifeReboot subscribers. I imagined a short list of recommended reading would be a great way to do it.
So for your weekend reading enjoyment, here is The Best of the Best of LifeReboot.com:
Popular Articles (oldest to newest):
Author Favorites (no particular order):
If you still want to read more, there are over 70 articles available in the LifeReboot Archives.
Do you have a favorite LifeReboot article that’s not listed here? Leave your Reader Favorites in the comments!
My former co-worker took personal calls on his cell phone while at work. His conversations always started the same way:
Co-worker: Sup?
Caller: Sup. What ya doin’?
Co-worker: Nothing. Working.
Both answers were accurate.
That’s because at this job, doing nothing was still considered “work” if you were on the clock. In other words, the main requirement for this job was simply being there.
For some people, such an arrangement would be paradise. For me, it was not. I was bored. I was depressed. I was an unhappy member of the Working Dead. [Click here to read more →]
Mary, a LifeReboot.com reader, recently asked my opinion on “The Secret.” Somewhat confused, I wrote her back asking “What Secret?”
She was surprised I hadn’t heard of it. The Secret is making headlines around the world, she claimed. There’s a book about it. There’s a DVD about it. There’s an episode of Oprah about it. Considering the hype, she assumed that I already knew “The Secret.”
My curiosity led me to the Official Web Site of The Secret. My instinct told me that “The Secret” is clearly a scam — a scam that aims to take advantage of gullible people who are unhappy with their lives. In this article, I’ll discuss a series of events that caused me to think otherwise. [Click here to read more →]
