Dear Son – Page 2 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Ownership determines motivation, home

child with butterfly net amongst flowers — Envisioned parenthood. But it took eight years and our life savings, with no guarantee. Noteworthy: we had been married nearly a decade before we stared trying, then another eight years of trying.

Confusion is the gateway to learning.

Learning is the gateway to motivation.

Motivation is the gateway to making your greatest vision a reality.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

To each their own, home

To each their own.

Live and let live.

Live and learn.

Dear Son, our life equals our habits. Our habits equal our results. Therefore, our life equals our results.

Insight: The way we live our life is what determines our life’s results.

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Live and let live, home

Sanibel sunset — Reverse sunsets are when you turn 180-degrees around.

Sing Like No One Is Listening. Driving to Sanibel.

sanibel — This 4-year old’s look is as if i had said, “Only 7 more years and we’ll get a pool”

Family Christmas beach photo — Summer 2005 on Sanibel Island.

Mom and son floating in Gulf of Mexico at Sanibel Island — Sanibel Island. Every Summer. Cheryl and i vacationed there for a decade or so before our son was born.

dog and two boys at beach — Cooper, Chapin, and an unknown person.

Live and let live.

Kinda like doing unto others as you would want them to do unto you.

People will think differently than you.

People will prioritize better than you.

People will prioritize worse than you.

People will like how you prioritize.

People will dislike how you prioritize.

Through it all, remember this mantra…

Live and let live.

Insight: This is what you want others to do for you as well.

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Live and learn, home

cross-country bicyclist at ocean — Before a mortgage, career and family, we had time-freedom that disappeared with adult obligations. Photo: Honeymoon bicycle trip next to the Pacific Ocean.

Live and learn.

Has a nice ring to it.

So much living and learning at home.

So many necessities, like a refrigerator, running water, indoor plumbing.

Closets, dressers, shelves. All filled with stuff.

Filing cabinets for the paperwork of life. Full.

Never ends. At least it seems so.

But what have i learned from all my/our stuff?

For me personally, i’d like to live with as few things as possible.

Why?

So i don’t have to store them, take care of them, and possibly insure them.

Why does that matter to me?

So i can spend mental, physical, and spiritual energy living and having fun with people i love.

Insight: We spend time chasing money until one day we start spending money chasing time.

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Let’s make “SYDK” a category, home

two people at mountain pass — Dear Son, your passion for card strategy games is remarkable. Loved that we got to play Dominion for three days at Sperry in 2025. Love that you got to experience Sperry for the first time in such a special way.

Dear Son, it has been fun thinking and writing about this stuff today.

Started writing today’s five posts a couple hours ago.

The first two posts flowed easily and quickly. Third post also easy, but focus started to fade as the morning progressed.

Why?

It’s Saturday and there are a few other things calling my name.

One of the biggest opportunities that’s creating dynamic tension in my vibrancy is letting go of work stuff and space.

In my head, the dumb idea to get the thought-party started is: “Could i clear office selves, drawers, and other spaces for your use?”

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