13 things to stop doing by the time you are 30
When I turned thirty (several years ago) I made some decisions about some things I no longer wanted to do. I don't know why, but thirty was a turning point for me. I decided there were some things I no longer wanted in my life. I think some of the things on my list were important for everyone and some of them were just personal preference things that I decided weren't for me anymore. [...]
Being a person of action in a society that likes to talk
I like protests. I like voices of dissent. And what I like even more than a protest is the freedom to be able to protest. I think one of the amazing things about America is that we welcome dissenting voices. We even encourage it. If you don't like what's going [...]
Adopting Hope (a foster care story)
My wife and I just had a baby! Well, kind-of. As of the 28th we became parents. Well, parents again. Kind-of. So once again I'm a father...kind-of. In some ways I feel like a father: I'm changing dirty diapers and not getting a lot of sleep. I'm buying lots of baby clothes [...]
Goals -part 3: increase the odds of accomplishing your goals
Two weeks ago I wrote about how to set goals you can actually accomplish this year (to read that post click here). And last week I wrote about turning your dreams into goals (to read that post click here). I want to continue that thought with one last post on goals. [...]
Goals -part 2: turn your dreams into reality
Nobody cares about goals. Goals are ugly and difficult and require thought and hard work. Nobody wants to talk about goals. But dreams are different. Everyone cares about dreams. Dreams are en vogue. Dreams are popular and sexy. And dreams are easy. Everyone has a dream. And everyone wants to talk [...]
Goals -part 1: set goals you will actually accomplish this year
Around this time every year I start to think about my goals. I take a moment to look over my goals from the past year and see how many I accomplished. And I sit down and write a new list of things I want to accomplish in the next twelve [...]
How to wait -5 lessons from a film set
As I write this I am sitting on a film set in Los Angeles. I can't tell you what project I'm working on or even what type of project it is. But I can tell you what I'm doing: I'm...waiting. Waiting is the primary thing actors do on set. Waiting [...]