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.
After posting earlier this week about the media manosphere pile-on where I linked to some humorists poking fun of manosphere influencers, I thought I should offer a little more than criticism. My entire reason for starting Warm Current was to show that another way of going through the world is productive. In these early days,…
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This week, I want to send some support for my fellow friendship-deficient adults and provide an update on my mile training (hint, I’m feeling a bit more confident!). First, here is a gift link to a New York Times piece with tips from “experts” on maintaining friendships as an adult. I dunno if it’s the…
Get this Warm CurrentI shared my 2026 running goals with a couple of dads last week, and their responses made me realize I’ve never told Warm Current readers the story about what drives me. As I recently posted, I’m training to race the mile this summer. I want to see how fast this 58-year-old body can go. When…
Get this Warm CurrentAfter four years coaching middle school track and growing the team from 70 to 220 kids, I stepped away last spring. The kids were awesome, and we finished top three at city championships every year. We hosted visits from pro athletes from Adidas, Brooks, and Oiselle. With help from my assistant coaches, we built something…
Get this Warm CurrentThis is my fourth and last installment in my first series about an article in The Atlantic about luck in athletics. Links to the other three are below. If you’re reading this via email and you want those links, please click the link to read this Warm Current on the website. As I work through…
Get this Warm CurrentI’m interrupting my planned third part of my series on the role of luck in athletic success. Links for the first two parts are below. I’ll resume the series soon, maybe even later this week. I decided today that anyone who has any kind of platform should be using it. And I don’t think staying…
Get this Warm CurrentThis 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…
Get this Warm CurrentSometime 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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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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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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