In the past month I’ve become painfully aware of my tendency to be a planner. Naturally, I gravitate toward planning. When I think of the week ahead I start planning out what I’m going to do every night. When I look at the future I start planning out my life. Let’s just say spontaneity isn’t my middle name. There is a cycle of love and...
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Today I took the DiSC profile test as a part of a work exercise to learn more about myself and my thinking style. I was classified as a “C” – being more task focused than people focused and being more reserved than assertive. Something about taking tests like this both excites me and scares me. I’m always excited to learn about myself and discover things...
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I’m big on quotes. Recently a friend shared a quote that stuck with me that I think explains part of God’s nature: What God has done in the past is a model and a promise of what he’ll do in the future, but he’s way too creative to do it that same way twice! So often I spend time looking around at things I see...
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I’ve been inspired recently by a few different article by Matt D. Smith – Habits in particular. I’ve decided that I’ve become too busy with non-important stuff in my life like Twitter, email, and watching TV. I’ve neglected things that will actually help me grow; like writing, and reading. In light of this I’ve decided to start a challenge. Ideally I’d like to write something every...
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Running with my brother Zach today we both agreed how relaxed we felt when we run. As weird as that sounds it’s an amazing place to get to with any type of exercise. For me the times I’m out running are the highlight of my day. Sure it get’s tiring at times and I am usually sore afterward but that’s what we were made to...
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I was feeling pretty good after running the Peachtree Road Race 2 days ago and being pleasantly surprised at how much easier it was than I remembered. All my training for the marathon was paying off and the race I remembered exhausting me as a child felt like a nice relaxing jog. So I guess I got a little cocky and thought my weekly long...
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