The New York Times published an interview last week that I normally wouldn’t bother reading. It’s one of “The Interview” series, with Sylvester Stallone. I feel it’s worth noting that I rarely read anything about celebrities; I’ve never been very interested in celebrity culture or the media frenzy that seems to support that culture. Yet,…
Get this Warm CurrentCategory: Commit
Commit is about showing up consistently. It might be in small ways. But the idea is to do it, repeat it, and learn to make it a habit. Especially a habit that replaces old, bad habits and tired ways of doing and thinking about things that aren’t really working for you.
Stop Cheering for Cruelty
A generation of boys is being taught that performing online in ways that really hurt people is some kind of “winning.” Post the “right” thing, dunk on the right person, and it gets them cred in corners of the Internet where nobody is telling them they’re wrong. It allows them to feel powerful at the…
Get this Warm CurrentWhat We Can Steal From the World Record Miler
The Athletic’s newsletter, Peak, ran an interview this week with Josh Kerr, the new mile world record holder. Three things came out of it that I think more people should see, so I’m passing them along. If you don’t subscribe to the New York Times (which owns The Athletic), I believe you can subscribe to…
Get this Warm CurrentI Won an Election and I Wasn’t Even Running for Anything
I just won an election even though I wasn’t running for office. Not really, anyway. In Washington State, if two people volunteer to be Precinct Committee Officer, or PCO, in the same precinct (a job that mostly means handing out literature for your party) the county puts your names on the ballot and lets the…
Get this Warm CurrentI Did It. Takeaways From My First Track Race in 40 Years.
Last night I ran a mile in 5:45. For a 58-year-old man who hadn’t raced on a track in over forty years, that’s a respectable time. In fact, age-graded by World Masters Athletics, it puts me at a 77%, which is a “regional” or “competitive masters” class outcome. Still, I have some disappointment. But before…
Get this Warm CurrentTestosterone is an Incomplete Fix for What’s Broken in Men
Testosterone is having a moment. RFK Jr. talks about the president’s testosterone level like it’s some kind of credential. His own assistant secretary of health has been on TRT for a decade and says it’s why he can do his job. Now Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who has built a whole media identity around…
Get this Warm CurrentNobody Told Me I Have Friends
This week, I’m sharing an update about the work toward my summer running challenge and how I am seeing my own internal barriers to connection popping up. If you’ve been reading you know my right Achilles is still a problem. Not a catastrophic one, but the kind of thing that quietly colors everything, my mood,…
Get this Warm CurrentIt’s Global Running Day! Celebrate Daily
Global Running Day happens on the first Wednesday in June to encourage people around the world to go run. That’s it. There’s no length or time requirement. There’s no particular reason. Just run. Because we live in a time where social media “influencers” seem to dominate, you’re going to see a lot of them seizing…
Get this Warm CurrentCommit to Yourself and Things Change
This week, I will focus the newsletter on the “Commit” pillar of Warm Current. Because I’ve got real evidence that consistent commitment to yourself creates conditions where good things happen. This whole newsletter is my attempt to live out loud the things that I hope will make a difference to (in my own small way)…
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When Things Don’t Go Your Way
I got rejected for a job this week. One I really wanted. It stings, and I won’t pretend it doesn’t. The job market right now is objectively brutal. Unemployment numbers look okay on paper, but hiring rates are at their lowest in a decade. Applications disappear into black holes. “Ghost jobs” that were never real…
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