Have you ever felt powerless? Like you’re living in a world you have absolutely no control over? A world that, despite your best intentions, always comes back to hurt you and makes you feel like something lesser? Albert Camus calls this the Absurd. It is only by fighting this force that society will learn to see […]
Have you considered fall date ideas yet? September is under way. The leaves will soon start to change colors, the days will get shorter, and the temps will get colder. This quick guide is meant to help you get into the autumn mood with some ideal fall dates ideas to do with your special someone. […]
Have you ever had a great day completely ruined in one moment? It doesn’t even have to be a big deal, but it can completely change your day. That’s exactly what happened to me while we were planning a shipwreck dive on vacation. The Shipwreck My younger brother Nathan and I are both certified PADI […]
Everyone has bad days we complain about and wish didn’t exist, but what ultimately matters is the end result of the story. This is a lesson in failure from a Polish Resistance Fighter named Piotr Holub whose entire life might seem like a long list of shortcomings. Piotr Holub the Polish Resistance Fighter Piotr (Peter) Holub […]
There are two kinds of people: good people and genuine people. I’m an extreme introvert. I hate social settings; parties, loud conversations and cities. Not because the venue isn’t to my taste, or because I don’t want to have a discussion. I hate these things because of the people. People are great; every book has […]
Years before he would become the leader of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was a Colonel in the Spanish-American war. In what was perhaps the most heated battle of the campaign, Roosevelt led a charge that effectively changed the fate at the Battle of San Juan Hill, if not the war. The act of extreme […]
A couple of summers ago my family and I took a trip to Boston, Massachusetts. We watched a live reenactment of the Boston Tea party, webwalked through the historic districts, visited old style printing shops, and experienced hundreds of years of pure history. The air smelt of patriotism. Of all the American history we witnessed, […]
National Vision Board Day is the second Saturday of January. A vision board is a visual representation of your goals. Goals are 50% likelier to be accomplished if written down. Specific goals are likelier to be achieved. Goal-setting theory: “Researcher Edwin Locke found that individuals who set specific, difficult goals performed better than those who […]
You can make a difference at any age. Consider the Churchill Club: a rogue group of teenagers that frustrated the Nazi occupation in Denmark. On April 9th, 1940, the residents of Odense, Denmark found themselves under the control of the Nazi regime, making Denmark the second nation under German control, behind Poland. The citizens were […]
Do you go above and beyond the call of duty? How often do you apply the Golden Rule? These are the characteristics of the cowboy way. Life on the Range Cattle have played a large role in the history of America. Early explorers brought livestock and work animals on their journeys to the Caribbean from […]
