The title line was made famous by Ronnie Coleman. Eight time Mr. Olympia, and I’m sure all around great guy. Supposedly he quoted that right before he did an 800 pound squat. I was pondering this line the other day when I was up snowboarding in the mountains. I used to be a pretty good …
The more I progress as a writer the more I fall in love with words that people seldom use… Ralph Waldo Emerson gave me this idea. To write about affinity. As I always say, Reading the Classics is always a wise decision. What makes any relationship work is your natural affinity for that person. How …
I have been promising this for awhile and it is finally here… A great list of blogs to follow (in no particular order) related to health, exercise, diet, nutrition and many other health-related topics… There is a wealth of information to be found in these blogs and I have decided to make this a “live” …
Just yesterday I had the honor of meeting Chris Guillebeau, Author of the book The Art of Non-Conformity. He talked for about 15-20 minutes then opened it up for a Q&AA (attempted answers) session… He emphasized two things at the end of his talk… One was that efficiency is overrated. He gave an example of …
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Take a second to think about how you might answer this question… “How are health and money alike?” What is health? It is eating the right quantity and quality of food to support how active you are… What is money? An object that is used to buy the quantity and quality of products that support …
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi. You know, people tell me this sort of thing all the time. And I read about this advice all the time. To live the change you want to see in the world. The thing is that I am living it, but …
I’ll keep this post short and sweet… I am mainly doing this as a reminder to myself but I am sure you can benefit too… 😉 The dirtiest fruits & veggies, known for having high pesticides, (a.k.a. The Dirty Dozen) are… celery peaches strawberries apples blueberries nectarines bell peppers spinach cherries collard greens potatoes imported …
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I just wanted to throw this out there for anyone currently, or potentially in the near future, buying a house. Is It Better To Buy Or Rent? Clicking on the link above will take you to an interactive New York Times article to help you figure out whether you should buy or rent right now. …
I just recently joined a wonderful community of personal finance bloggers called the Yakezie, and decided to showcase some of their best posts. Currently we have over 100 PF bloggers and it seems to keep growing everyday. At last count Wisebread is keeping track of over 650 PF blogs, so there is still plenty of …
Let me tell you a story… A story about how I am practicing some of the things I am learning about how to live a simpler, healthier life… Yesterday I woke up naturally, without an alarm clock, and put in a few minutes doing my morning workout routine… After cleaning up my house a bit, …