I chose this book because I've become a fan of not only the author's work, but his inspiring attitude towards challenging times. Just look at the title - he had already spent over 8,000 days in prison, and was still meticulously documenting his efforts to...
I figured it was time to share more about what this gem of fitness center is like at Yankton. First off, it's a total mad house. Picture your local gym on the first Monday after New Years Eve. Everyone's resolutions are in place and they...
I have been setting fitness goals that at first felt a bit lofty. However, I like the idea of a goal that I can't complete in a short amount of time. My sit-up routine is up to 500 per session. Push-ups go to 300. While...
You are a badass by Jen Sincero I don't think I would have grabbed this book off the shelf under my own volition. I was in the law library one day and a friend of mine was in there looking for a new book to read. ...
Earlier this week I was at work call and the compound was eerily quiet. We are held up and not allowed out on the compound for one and a half hours. Shortly thereafter, we're told to go to the gym and wait there. We walk...
Before I came here I remember watching a you tube video of a gentleman talking about life after his release. He said that "the sooner you put this behind you, the sooner you have one less day of your life to stand for count." At...
This is a small win and also a big win. The exact instance itself isn't such a moment to celebrate, but I am inspired by how this line of thinking is bleeding over in to other parts of my life, and more so the impact...
One day soon enough I will look back on all this like I now look back on my time in quarantine. In those moments, I was devastated. Sitting in a room by myself in South Dakota, locked inside for 17 days straight, my head spinning...
This was a timely follow up to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and a good reminder that I should take what I can from each book I read, while not letting differing opinions overly sway me. To someone practicing Zen you seek to completely disregard your mind. ...
I decided to dive in deeper and read the work of Marcus Aurelius, one of the main contributors to Stoic Philosophy. He was a Roman emperor who at one point was considered the most powerful and the most wise person in the world. It would...