Today’s post is a short one. On a list of the top ten questions I’d been prepared to be asked once I started sharing my plan to Supersize my LIFE, this one never entered my mind. I was ready to answer questions about security, money and about what my family thought of what I was […]
I start drafting nearly all my posts out with some brainstorming notes. What should be included? What shouldn’t? As I brainstormed my first post of 2017, Places I Want to Visit, a second list unexpectedly emerged. The list was quite similar to places I wanted to visit but different enough that the items just didn’t […]
On October 1st this past year, I had to take a moment. It was official. My Supersize LIFE was officially less than a year away. Because of the Alaska winters, I firmly established in my mind that my drop-dead date for leaving Alaska is October 1, 2017. Now I’m in a countdown. The logistics of […]
This post comes with a disclaimer. Writing this on a different day would certainly mean a different list. The list of awesome places to visit grows longer every day. Plus think of all the places I don’t even know exists yet. These are the places I have to discover by discovering them. Places I may […]
Let’s start with a recipe. This has been my formula for holiday shopping. Start with an ultra-organized brain, mix in a high level of money awareness (aka: fear of debt), then add a dash of lack-of-love for shopping. Then, shake vigorously. And serve. The name of this recipe? Half-a-Humbug or, maybe, the Mint-Colored Grinch. I […]
One Thursday this past June, I drove my usual route home from work. After the off-ramp, I headed down a fast, busy 5-lane street. Suddenly, the RPMs on my car revved super high and then returned to normal. Everything seemed fine. But, of course, RPMs don’t just randomly rev. I might not know much about cars, but I know […]