Start Lines

October 17, 2020

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.” – Fred DeVito

In March, I signed up for the Marine Corp Marathon when COVID was just beginning, convinced it would last a few weeks, a month at most. Each week passed and then the next. Like many businesses, we cleared out of our office and 85 staff have been working remote for almost seven months. As the weeks turned to months, more events and activities got canceled and it became clearer that the finish line of the pandemic was not in sight. We remained hopeful by summer this would pass, and it didn’

Secret Formula! Daily Habits + Time = Finish Line = New Start Line

May 17, 2020

On March 20th, a few weeks into the pandemic when we had no clue of the extent, I took out a large journal and began writing in it each morning to capture these moments while in the middle of them. Allowing thoughts and ideas to flow onto the page with no rules, judgment or editing.

In addition, I started posting daily on my other blog Cast-Light and have a 58 day streak going. Neither are perfect, but the daily practice of starting is leading to improvement and progress. If I waited to hit the “publish” button until I achieved perfection, the pages would still be blank. Ideas, insights and inspiration are rooted in messy first drafts that evolve into final-enough versions.