How To Do Your First Pull Up (Or How To Start Something)

I’ll never forget this one day when I was in gym class as a middle school kid:  My class was sitting around this pull up bar, and the phys ed teacher was calling each of us up one by one to do pull ups while he wrote something in a notebook.  In the …

Don’t Go for the Upgrade

For the first time ever, I was not “that guy” with the newest iPhone 5 last month.  Yep, I still have the 4…and I’m sticking with it until it dies.

I was never so clueless as to think that the newest version of any Brand X would be a …

I Found the Silver Bullet!

I remember being in music school and not having any drive to practice. I’m embarrassed to say that it lasted for quite a long stretch. I constantly looked for the quick fix that would allow me to play with a better sound, play higher notes, or …

Setting a Target Date for Huge Change

I can’t tell you how many times I have woken up one day and decided that this was the day to take the plunge and do stuff differently.  This approach to change never worked out for me long-term, except for when I smoked cigarettes.  I’ll never forget …

The Learning Snowball

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I am so thankful to be able to bring my family up to exquisite Vermont for the Holiday. It is ironic that I am here writing a blog on downsizing and being more careful with money, and I am sitting in a second home that …