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The Unanticipated Impact of Seemingly Small Decisions in Life

It has always fascinated me to think about how small decisions I have made eventually led to major impacts on my life. We often make seemingly insignificant decisions dozens of times per day without thinking too much of it, but in reality, your present place in life can be traced back to those moments ofContinue reading “The Unanticipated Impact of Seemingly Small Decisions in Life”

My Journey to Health – The Role of Motivation (Your Why?)

You can have very specific goals, you can have a great exercise and nutrition plan and even start developing habits, but without motivation (your why?), it may become difficult to sustain your efforts. Answering the question about why you want to be healthy may be the key to your success. For me it is manyContinue reading “My Journey to Health – The Role of Motivation (Your Why?)”

My Journey to Health Part III – Nutritional Regimen

I took all that I learned about lowering LDL cholesterol and developed a plan. I had studied all the nuts, fruits, vegetables, fish and so on. Things to eat more of and things to avoid. I analyzed what I was doing at the time and realized there were many things I could change immediately. IContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part III – Nutritional Regimen”

My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine

Later, I will write about habits and routines and what a powerful role they play in making progress in anything in life, but this entry will be focused specifically on the daily exercise routine I have in place. If I were to describe what the aims are of the workout it would be a combinationContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine”

The uniquely human Robert and my journey with autism

(PART I) My dear wife and I were living in the Middle East from 2012. We were newlywed and had not given a great deal of thought to having children. I had older children (now 30 and 26) and we had not discussed trying to have additional children. Around 2016, we discussed having children andContinue reading “The uniquely human Robert and my journey with autism”