Dad Bud

It doesn’t matter when we start. It doesn’t matter where we start. All that matters is that we start. -Simon Sinek I put things off, I procrastinate, I say “I’ll do it tomorrow”, I think to myself I’ll be better at this or that tomorrow, next week, next year. Everyone does, I know I’m not alone in this, otherwise we’d have a world of overachieving perfectionists.  In certain areas, areas we deem more important or areas we are more comfortable with, we make it happen today, now, this week, this year. In other areas we fear starting, we fear being vulnerable in failing, we put it off, we don’t start, we often avoid it all together although we know it’s important.  So what is IT? Is it exercise, is it money management, is it budgeting, is it telling someone you love them, is it getting healthier, is it a dream of yours, is it learning the guitar, is it quitting a bad habit, is it starting a good habit, is it making a lifelong memory with someone, is it hel...

“You either walk inside your story & own it or you stand outside your story & hustle for your worthiness.”  Brene Brown Sadly, our society is inundated with physical and mental abusers. Those that enact harm and hatred onto others, in a conscious or subconscious attempt to ruin their existence as a human. They exist both physically and mentally with neither being any less harmful than the other, while frequently overlapping.  There is often a worse set of these abusers that get into our heads mentally in the most negative of ways and create the most detrimental of physical abuse to our bodies, ourselves.  A large majority of the time, we abuse ourselves much worse than any external factor. We drive negative self talk, self doubt, resistance to positive thinking, and thoughts of inadequacy around our general life. We abuse our bodies with harmful food and drinks (or even drugs), lack of regular physical activity, ignoring pain our body is displaying...

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” - Marcus Aurelius I’ve been sharing this blog for 4 months now, been writing for years in various forms but I made a commitment to being more open and vulnerable in many forms this year.  Sharing my opinion, not fact. Sharing my perspective, not the truth.  We all have an opinion and we all have varying perspectives, this blog is my story. Life isn’t cookie cutter in the least, it’s entirely different from each and every perspective. Something seemingly one colour can appear another colour to everyone else who views it. A seemingly great experience could be an awful one from another perspective. A seemingly gloomy fall day may appear perfect to another’s opinion.  I write my opinion and perspective here as these lessons work for me, hoping that one individual can takeaway a lesson about living a life of harmony, balance, and positive mental health. Rea...