Walking the Dog – Keeping a Short Leash on Bad Habits

This morning, I was out walking my monster, Max. As soon as we got outside, Max started to pull. I decided right then and there that I would have to keep Mr. Max on a very short leash during our walk. The sidewalks were still slippery and there was “black ice” all over the ground. If I used the leash as a halter around my shoulder as I generally did, it could spell disaster if Max decided to misbehave.

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The First Pillar of Health: Water

In an earlier post, I wrote about the Seven Pillars of Health, a book by Don Colbert, MD. The premise is simple: there are seven fundamentals to living a healthy lifestyle, the first of which is drinking plenty of water. The goal of the book, though, is to show that you can accomplish huge changes [...]

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Why Helping Yourself is the Only Way to Help Others

For the last seven years, I have had the same problems and the same goals. This is precisely why I started this blog – to help myself and in doing so, to help others to meet their goals. I set out to make changes in an effort to maximize my life, work and habits so [...]

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