I have made it abundantly clear that I typically do not like other people’s kids.Of course, there are exceptions to this rule—family and friends. Other than that? I’m out. This past week is a prime example. Some snot-nosed, booger-eating kid went around Owen’s kindergarten class confidently announcing that Santa Claus…

“A careful man I want to be…A little fellow follows me.I do not dare to go astray,For fear he’ll go the self-same way.I cannot once escape his eyes.Whatever he sees me do he tries.Like me he says he’s going to be…That little chap who follows me.”—Author Unknown (to me) Let…

When You Do the Hard Things by Embracing the Suck… You can achieve your goals. Goals are a funny thing. For as long as I can remember, I’ve set New Year’s resolutions. And for just as long, by February those resolutions had magically disappeared—wiped from my memory like they never…

I crossed that finish line knowing—truly knowing—that I can do hard things. But what does it actually take to do the hard things? You have to Embrace the Suck. Waking up at 4:30 a.m. every morning sucks. Dieting sucks. Making sacrifices sucks. But when I finally embraced the suck of…