I have never made New Years Resolutions in my entire life. Sure, I've stated that I will do this or that but I was never serious enough. I never wrote them down and thought through about what I really want to do over the course of a year. The year of 2012 was full of dozens of surprises, both good and bad. I've learned to find the blessing in everything and I also learned that I will be an uncle … [Read more...]

One of my 13 New Years Resolutions for 2013 is to meet my favorite bloggers. At the time of this writing I have 29 favorite bloggers while I hope to add 4 more to the list for an "even" 2013 since 20+13=33. I'm silly like that. From this list, I've already met Mark, Joshua, Ryan, Colin, Jessie and Diane. Since travel is the theme for myself in 2013, and the fact that I will be speaking at … [Read more...]

One of my 13 New Years Resolutions for 2013 is to read 52 books. The number was 33 (20 + 13) at first but it was nearly impossible for me to narrow down the list to only 33. So I thought of a genius idea: read an average of one book per week! I used to be one of the two kids in my classroom known for the amazing ability to not remember anything that I just read in a book. I was a math wiz (best … [Read more...]