Days like today have a strange effect on my mind. On the one hand, I’m crossing out one item after another on my to-do list as if I had a clone. On the other hand, I still have about half a dozen of tasks (including writing this post) to get done by the end of the day. Mid-July, I would have been mostly preoccupied with that second bit. But, today, I’m really just focusing on the positive aspect – the… [Read more.]

I used to say that enthusiasm kills you faster. I still do, sometimes, though not as much, as I’ve figured out it’s a rather pointless thing to say. Especially when, neither then, nor now, has this belief ever inhibited my own and quite customary enthusiasm.

Life is just too boring without some excitement in it, and who wants a long, boring life? Certainly not me!
It was therefore with much enthusiasm that I signed for the San Francisco half-marathon… [Read more.]