This time of year, you see the same thing everywhere: media content about making resolutions, reviewers ranking the “best” planners for the new year. They’re not wrong about needing a system. But I don’t think you should make resolutions. Resolutions are more like intentions, not commitments, which are more action-oriented to me. And I think…
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Your Gift to Yourself
I’m not a religious person, but I do enjoy that in the darkest days of the year, people (at least where I live) do seem to be a little bit more conscious of kindness and patience. Okay, sure, maybe not in grocery or department store aisles two days before Christmas. But I’ve witnessed a bit…
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I was on the bus to work this week listening to a podcast that mentioned this story saying “most” American teens are on YouTube and TikTok “almost constantly.” I thought about my two teens. While I don’t love their phone time, I don’t think it’s “almost constantly,” because my youngest has parental controls and surrenders…
Get this Warm CurrentA Tale of Two Runs and Mindfulness
This past weekend, I ran 10 miles on Satuday and 10 miles on Sunday. Same distance and effort level, but very different experiences. The difference was who I was running with and how I showed up, and what that made me think about. Saturday, I met up with the speedy runners who I just happened…
Get this Warm CurrentThings Worth Winding
Sometime during the Covid pandemic, I became interested in learning about watches. Specifically, I was interested in automatic watches, which are mechanical, not battery driven. They’re based on very old technology that has evolved since the 15th century, when springs were used in clocks. Portable clocks made the jump to wrists in the 1800s, and…
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On this Thanksgiving week edition of Warm Current, I’m going to share a weird story about owls, but I promise to avoid corny maxims or ridiculous advice on “surviving” the holiday. Instead I want to share that I saw this story the other day, and it reminded me of why making an effort to connect…
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The Runners I’ve Been Looking For?
I went to my running group meetup this morning, and once again, I was alone within the first minute of running. But then I noticed a couple well ahead of me on the path we usually run on. They were laughing and gesturing, and I assumed they were a random couple, out running together, not…
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As a running coach and fan, there’s something I see in many new runners’ first races: they slow down right before the finish line. I don’t think it’s conscious. But it looks as though their body anticipates the end, and they slow down without realizing it. Sometimes they even stop running several steps before they…
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I fell while running recently. I hit some uneven sidewalk and just went head-first to the ground, bracing my fall with my hands. As you can see, they got pretty chewed up, and tbh, it hurt quite a lot. Worse, I had fallen about a month ago and turned my hands into hamburger. So, it…
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Am I Completely Wrong About the Running Group I Joined?
A funny thing happened when I recently ran with the running group I’ve told you about: I ran alone. That’s exactly the opposite of the intention I had when I decided to join the group for its weekly runs. Here’s what happened: I diligently got to the meetup location at 5:30. One of the two…
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