It’s been a long time getting to this point, but I’m happy to be starting my personal 100-day challenge to focus on my physical self. Not one to make excuses, I’ve just let myself go (oh, you didn’t notice? why thank you!) and am going to do something about it. And, being a social man-about-town, I’ve decided to journal the experience on my blog, complete with an online chart of my progress courtesy of Docs for Facebook. Continue reading →
Striking a Work/Life Balance: My Twenty Percent Day
As I strive to be more of a participant in the life that revolves around me (family, friends, church, NASCAR), one of my resolutions has been to find a way to use my sense of structure and planning to help make this a reality. I’ve been intrigued by the Google philosophy of employees allocating twenty percent of their time to projects unrelated to their job. And so I came up with the Twenty Percent Day (TPD). What I aspire to is simply this: each week, I take 20% of the time spent on billable projects/earning a paycheck, and devote it to projects or investments that are also important to me, but not necessarily revenue-generating. Now that I limit myself to about 40hrs M-Th (believe me, that’s a HUGE win), that gives me Friday to work on other stuff. What I’ve found is that I’m much more focused during my working hours, and relaxed/available on the weekends, because I’ve gotten my “fix” for whatever it is that amounts to Chris Time. It hasn’t worked out perfectly, but every time I take advantage of it, I have no regrets. Perhaps it won’t last forever, but I’m going to try.
So, Happy Friday Everyone!
Top 50 Sexiest Songs
Billboard released their list of the top 50 sexiest songs, by popularity. Now, I love OnJ – she can rock a headband. But #1 song?
My vote would have gone to a Marvyn Gaye song or perhaps Rod Stewart. And who can’t hear Karyn White’s “Romantic” without turning down the lights and lighting a candle (really awkward in the office). Continue reading →
Mix 1 Part Basketball, 1 Part Teenagers, and what do you get? A fractured foot!
Let me start by saying that it was a great time. Our school had a fundraiser which involved a Parents vs Students basketball tournament. Not only was it fun to watch the other dads play in their games, it was great to be on the court with Ian Michael. And while we didn’t get too many times 1 on 1, I loved the fact that we were both playing a game we thoroughly enjoy.
About 2 minutes into our game however, there was an opposing team fast break and I took a stumble while heading down the court. Instinctively, my right foot tried to stretch in mid-stride to allow my left leg time to catch up, to prevent a fall. It didn’t, and I made a pretty cool (I thought) stuntman tuck & roll. When I got back up, there was a sharp pain in the arch of my foot, but I shrugged it off and limped around for the balance of the game.
Afterwards, it became really difficult to put weight on, but I figured that I just pulled something and it would "work itself out". Well, it didn’t. By the time I got home I couldn’t put any weight on it. So, I figured I better have it looked at – got a flight out to Seattle on Sunday and walking is a big part of my day.
The prognosis? A fractured foot bone. Ugh. Fortunately, I happen to have crutches already just for situations like this.