Work Ethic

Work Ethic

True story; my life began to change the moment I grew a beard and started taking better care of myself. 

Mute your dissent

Also true, life became much easier when I began to place less value on material things and truly live within my means. At the time of this observation it wasn't a choice, rather something forced upon me. Workforce Reduction, translation = laid off. 

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Workforce Reduction

Workforce Reduction

August Twenty Two Two Thousand Fourteen

The last day for four-hundred plus living souls from Bank of America's default mortgage servicing group. A group I was a part of less than five months ago. A group I was a part of due to a previous "workforce reduction" in Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities. As I communicated with a few strong connections on their well being, it could only be described as a delicate duality; I Am blessed to have preempted the job loss and sad that so many others are now faced with the debilitating time connected with it. 

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Integration of Strengths

Integration of Strengths

Relating With Money

"Your behavior is the key to taking control of your money, and your money is tied to your relationships." 

This observation would have stayed in my journal however this week I've had pragmatic discussions with girls that are friends in different stages of "relating." One married, one single and one engaged. Issue(s) with money was the conversation starter for all three. 

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Vocation

Vocation

Thoughts on Retirement first appeared on Retirement Savvy Dot Net 

Vocation is rooted in the Latin word for voice, loosely translated it means a summons or call. The word has been secularized and reduced to meaning job or work.

Work, an inescapable reality. At times we feel that our lives are enhanced by it and at others depleted by it. James Molet, Blogger-in-Chief at Retirement Savvy ask(ed) an important question about the age of retirement. 

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A Gift and An Opportunity

A Gift and An Opportunity

Last week I told Brian he was selfish for not thinking of others / only thinking of himself.

This week he won a $30 Target gift-card and bought himself t-shirts [prep for ETES Fourth-Grade Field Trip] and a watch for me, the gift.

While that was not my intent, I kept the gift [& gave him back the $ he spent on the watch] and used this situation as a teaching moment, the opportunity.

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Running

Running

I've sourced these social streets for running tips and I've received great advice in addition to a few highly personalized choices. The real take away is that running itself is highly personal. There are millions of running communities, however we are all just one... alone in a crowd. If you polled a million living souls you would find they all do it for their own reason, for me it not only benefits my body but also my head.

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