Monthly Archives: December 2019

Understanding Emotions and How they Impact Life Decisions

Over the years, I’ve watched emotions guide some of my friends and their behavior and it seems overwhelming for them. They make life decisions based on those emotions and then seem to regret that later on. No matter what I … Continue reading

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Politics…There’s no Correct Side

People get very excited about politics and honestly, I’ve never understood that. When Obama was in office, my republican friends were gravely upset. Now that Trump is in office, my democratic friends seem to think that the world is coming … Continue reading

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We are only in Competition with Ourselves

I watched a video the other day that was partly about competition. The speaker said that he went to a tech conference and roughly 80% of the speakers from Microsoft spoke about how to compete with Apple. While the Apple … Continue reading

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Shopping, Wrapping and Shipping is Done and Now is the Time to Enjoy the Holidays

This morning, I mailed my final packages for Christmas. The newsletter went out last week, all other gifts have been wrapped, and those little gifts are ready to be given away at various events coming up this week. I have … Continue reading

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Making Life Look Good Even When it Isn’t

When I was a kid, my mother put on a show for relatives, friends and church goers and tried to make everything look perfect to everyone who didn’t live in that house. Sometimes during arguments someone in our family would … Continue reading

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Why Would We Say We Want Something Badly, But Don’t Devise a Way to Obtain It?

I just looked back at the blog posts from December 2018 and found one about setting goals and understanding what it means to achieve them. A recent conversation with a friend made me realize that many people want to accomplish … Continue reading

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New Puppy

We got a new puppy on Sunday. He’s a black toy poodle, 7 weeks old, and currently weighs 2.8 pounds (he should be between 5-8 pounds full grown) He’s a little bundle of joy, easily distracted, and he’s fearless. We … Continue reading

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Enjoying a Sunny Beach and the Snow in the Same Day

  Just returned from a week long trip in San Diego. Although the weather there was full of surprises…it was still considerably warming than Utah. Yesterday morning, we left a beautiful sunny day on the bay. It was almost heart … Continue reading

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