(G): It’s easy to start to lose your focus when the last race of the year is near. I always feel like I want to coast a little. I start to get tired of long distances on Saturday and Sunday and instead want to do other things with my energy. Especially if you have big…
Author: G (of Lowi & G)
Thankful Thursday: When You Are Able
This week, I found myself lamenting about “all the stuff I had to do” and “Oh, I still have to run today.” I was complaining, essentially, about all the tasks that I had on my plate. Before long I was feeling overburdened by day-to-day life. Then I had the mini epiphany: But you are able. It’s…
Fear and Failure in a New Context
Life begins outside our comfort zone. Fear is a liar. Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. We have hundreds, if not millions, of ways that we describe or try to declaw fear. It’s likely our least favorite emotion and something we’d like to never experience, if possible, except for the thrill-seekers in a haunted house….
Life Lesson: What You Choose to See
I was in a planning meeting this week when the topic of the Volkswagen Jetta Principle came up. This is the idea that “what shows up in our lives is a direct reflection of our inner thoughts and emotions.” Pam Grout, the author of E-Squared, discusses this in her book and asks her readers to…
What’s Next?
(G): In light of recent events, I imagine many of you, like me, awake this Monday morning feeling exhausted. It’s easy to get mired down by the absurdity and devolution of decency. This month, we’ve been talking about how in times of overwhelm, in uncertainty, in searching to follow the sage advice of Glennon Doyle…
Life Lesson: Flicker to a Flame
This week, I was on a work call and my co-worker made reference to working until a flicker becomes a flame. It brought all these images to mind; a campfire just as it catches hold, a wick at the exact moment it sparks into being lit, an inner light as it rises up to illuminate its…
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