reading

Me and Dustin Pague at my college graduation in June of 2009

How important is an education?

A few weeks ago I had a high school junior message me through Facebook to ask if I would take some time to answer a few questions on going to college for exercise science.  OF COURSE I said yes…  And my answers were some things I wish that I had heard before starting college as [...]

Why 2012 Was Awesome

Why 2012 Was Awesome

One of the first things I ever read about writing was to avoid clichés. For a while I took that advice seriously—never with a grain of salt. Now I think about things differently. I don’t litter my writing with clichéd terms and phrases, but I use them as they are familiar; they are something we [...]

Monday, Monday (read, listen, persevere)

Monday, Monday (read, listen, persevere)

What’s up??!  I don’t know about you, but I am ready to crush this week!  I know it’s Monday and you’ve probably got a full itinerary after the weekend, so I’m just going to drop a few random thoughts that you can hopefully take something away from. 1.  I finished two books over the weekend [...]