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So It Turns Out I’m A Stress Eater

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In the past eight months, not a single person has said, “Hey Jeff, you’re letting yourself go a little bit.” This says a lot more about the quality of people I associate with than it does about me, because the fact is, I did let myself go a little bit.

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Identity … Boon? Advantage?

I looked at a thesaurus to find the opposite of “crisis,” but nothing fits perfectly.  The fact is, I am having a bit of an identity crisis, but in a good way, so it’s not really a crisis. When you’re

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Ninety Percent is Half-Mental

Yogi Berra supposedly once said about baseball, “Ninety percent of this game is half-mental.”  No one knows if he really said it; heck, even Yogi himself probably isn’t sure, as he also supposedly said, “I really didn’t say everything I

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The Perks of Being Normal-Sized

This past weekend, I spent 19 hours sitting either on a plane or in a seat at a baseball stadium.  Those two scenarios used to be really tough on me — in order for me to only take up one

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Retirement Planning

A few months ago, Beth and I were meeting with our financial planner to go over lots of boringly important (or importantly boring) stuff like retirement accounts and life insurance and blah blah blah.  It’s not the first time we’ve

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Younger than I’ve ever been

Sorry, They Might Be Giants, but I refuse to accept the fact that I’m older than I’ve ever been. I’m doing things in reverse.

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Recovering from a Weight Problem

Can a weight problem be “cured,” or just put into remission?

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Methods vs. Principles

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-Development and Health

Excerpts from a great personal development book I am reading and how they apply to my Health Journey™.

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I’m dreaming in healthy!

Like a missionary who starts dreaming in his new language, I have started dreaming in healthy.

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