I got very sick on Christmas day. The kind of sickness where you go from feeling fine to shivering in bed in the span of an hour. I suspect it was the flu. Whatever it was, it’s knocked me off stride for almost two weeks now. I tried running on New Year’s Day, and my…
Get this Warm CurrentCategory: Care
Care is about taking responsibility for my own well-being and extending that care to others.
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…
Get this Warm CurrentDigital Candy or Roasted Broccoli?
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 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…
Get this Warm CurrentFalling Out of Relationship with Myself
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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Personal Progress Is Not Linear (Plus Photos of Men Doing Things to Ponder)
Two things this week: One is a follow up to last week’s newsletter where I committed to doing something about a lack of friends. The second is I want to share some screengrabs I nabbed of pro athletes doing things I don’t see men doing much of, and I will continue riffing on my emerging…
Get this Warm CurrentWhy “Sportsball” Matters (and Should be Encouraged)
I’m coming at you a bit early because I was inspired by recent events. The Seattle Mariners won their first playoff game in almost a quarter century on Sunday, and I was taken by the emotional response so many fans had, including me. And I wanted to share how I handled it (not ideally), and…
Get this Warm CurrentThe Problem with “F*** your feelings.”
As I embarked on the newsletter, I planned to begin with the first four editions describing the four pillars that support it. Today I planned to describe the “Care” pillar. And I will, but I am also going to touch on current events. I don’t plan to focus on specific news events often, but I…
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