Put your habits in your Will, spirit

Black eyed susans in Iowa front yard
When traveling and running, it’s a simple habit to send my wife (photos of) flowers.

Got your Will all set?

If your family inherited only your habits (not your things or your money), which habits would be your most valuable gifts (legacy)?

What habits would i bequeath?

First, who am i to bequeath anything to anyone?

A quirky habit is sharing songs with Cheryl.

Been doing it since forever ago.

Here’s one.

Hope you enjoyed the ‘reminder’.

Ps. Who doesn’t love Brad and Carrie?

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June 1, 2026, spirit

Mitchell's Sand Castle's Beach
The start of a Summer Beach day. Sanibel Island.

Happy June 1, 2026.

While the Summer Solstice is three weeks away (June 21, 4:54am), Since childhood, i’ve always celebrated Summer’s arrival on June 1st.

Why?

Summer is my favorite season because i love warmth.

Love to sweat.

Love to not have to wear a shirt to stay warm. In fact, the opposite, remove your t-shirt to stay cooler. Or jump in a pond, creek, or lake.

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The privilege of making mistakes, spirit

Disney Keynote Speaker
The beauty of a creative, and insignificant, photo shoot is the risk taking. From a long-ago Disney Cruise, in the upper deck “Walt-themed’ bar. Brought dozens of small plastic Disney Character figurines,

Is it a human privilege to make mistakes?

i think it is.

The privilege of making mistakes is only for people who act.

Why?

Intentional action leads to outcomes.

Outcomes lead to learning.

Learning leads to growth.

Growth is the essence of life.

Bottomline, whatever you spiritually believe, believe 100%. Not 80%, not even 99%.

Why? Isn’t 99% an A+?

You tell me…

All in.

Because if you’re not all in (100% is the only ‘all-in’ number), you are not all in. Period. Hard stop.

Need more convincing? Think about any life circumstance where one, only one, incident is criminal.

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Time poor, spirit

pinterest image
Never stop learning because life never stops teaching. Stumbled upon an email from Pinterest, years ago.
Glacier Park daisies
My best friend and i claim this flower as a shared all-time favorite.
Steve Jobs and his wife
A humble light to the world was Steve’s wife. No one is immune from tragedy.

Am i time poor? And, does it even matter?

Time poor is when you are so busy, you cannot afford to waste any time.

You are living without any discretionary time.

No extra time to do something that isn’t required.

i want to create a new way of being with my discretionary time.

First i want discretionary time to explode.

Second, to increase discretionary time, my new ‘job’ is to eliminate or streamline everything that requires my time. The target is everything that feels like work.

Third, the extra discretionary time is to be spent making Cheryl (and myself) the center of my time expenditure.

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Busy is not sexy, spirit

Change quote
This is my life’s work.
Isn’t it time your waiting is over?
Jeff Noel keynote speech 72-hour challenge
For a long time, every speech i give, this is the final slide.
Cheryl and jeff noel
GNP. Love looks like this.

Why is being busy not sexy?

Why?

Wait, you haven’t figured this out yet?

For me, being too busy to remain patient is my nemesis.

Impatience is not sexy. Not loving. Not helpful.

The only time impatience is sexy is when you are doing good and decent work to improve yourself or others. And staying always mindful that to everything there is a time and season.

Take your time, but hurry up.

Patiently working on being more consistently patient.

Being too busy to be present is a challenge and opportunity. On this front, i’ve transformed. Not perfectly, but tremendously.

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