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yellow flowers in a mountain setting
Waking up here and falling asleep here? Or arriving midday for a look and a stroll through the gift shop for a t-shirt? Photo: Many Glacier Hotel.

Grinnell Glacier trail is my favorite. But only when we are the first ones on the trail before sunrise.

dad

If i never try anything, i never learn anything. If i never take a risk, i stay where i am.

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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.

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Home invisibility

Home vibrancy habits are invisible. This is why home vibrancy is considered a myth.

dad

No one sees the work vibrant people do at home. This is why vibrant prioritized priorities seem nearly impossible.

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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.

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On being an elder, at home

USA Track & Field notice
Rarely schedule TV watching at home. Yet exceptions exist, like The USATF Indoor Nationals. Know what inspires you and balance it with all your other responsibilities.

Embrace your unconventional priorities. For me, it’s my salvation.

dad

You know how many people you know who run their life like a business?

That’s right, none.

(That’s my educated guess after dedicating my life to the topic of personal vibrancy.)

i am an unconventional exception–i run my life like a business.

Note: If you are running your life like a business, you should text me +1 407-538-4341 and boldly state it in a way that is believable to an ‘artist’ like me.

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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.

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Bathrooms and toilets

Dinner plate full of food
First home cooked meal in three weeks. Wonderful.
Apple reminder
Texted the outcome to the college buddy who asked me to check.

We become what we repeatedly do.

dad

Habits are what we think and do without thinking.

Habits can be by design or by default.

Disney taught me to over-focus on being intentional.

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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.

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Same day, different hemisphere, home

Sunset from jet
The window shade has been closed almost the entire trip. Same on the other two flights as well.
6-second. video: The start of something special.
Sunset from jet
The show lasts longer than most people expect. Kept my eyes on the sky. Most window shades the past 30 hours have been closed.
9-second video: Lyft ride home from MCO.
40-second video: Never gets old. Thank you Walt Disney World.

Thank you for everything.

dad

Life is not all rainbows and puppy dogs.

But it is life.

If you don’t expect more than some basic human needs, you can become astonishingly grateful.

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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.