It's 9AM
Figure it out, she said.
It was half encouragement, half warning.
I knew what she meant.
It’s like knowing how to lose weight and not doing the very simple steps to do it.
Eat beef only for 30 days.
Only drink water.
Walk.
A lot.
A very simple formula that is extremely hard to do.
It’s boring.
And it doesn’t stimulate the dopamine centers.
We don’t get a hit every time we take a drink, or gameify getting fit.
But simple often works.
Often works best.
Walk to the store instead of driving.
Drink water instead of Coke.
Or beer.
Go for a long hike on the weekend for play instead of paying for anything else.
Simple.
Not always easy.
And not always the life we want to lead.
For me, it’s not just the end result of tight abs and feeling better.
It’s the journey.
Thirty days of deprivation isn’t anything.
I’ve done thirty days of hard stuff with my eyes closed.
Hard living, hard working, hard fun.
About the only thing I’ve skipped is hard time, and if you knew my ex- you might chalk that up too.
Just kidding.
She was a bear to live with, but I bet I was too, and like participating in a tornado of kindness can begat even more good times…
So can the bad.
A death spiral.
If you can survive it, then you know thirty days is nothing.
And the simple fact of your reading this means you survived.
A lot.
Seen a lot.
Done a lot.
Have hopes and dreams and learned ways and found the means.
Which is where I’m at.
Still learning, day in and day out.
Still building the means.
Day in and out.
Because even if I’m still figuring it out, I know the simple answer.
Head down.
Nose on the stone.
Doing the work.
Simple.
And when it’s all figured out, kinda easy.
What are you figuring out today?
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I don’t know if you’ve had the chance to read the Jake Burbank mystery book one yet, because you might be like me and your TBR pile is huge.
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The Jake Burbank Mysteries
3. A Shot of Revenge
4. A Double Shot of Revenge
5. Death by a 45
6. Touched – an off the wall thriller
7. Back to Business – sequel to Touched
8. Friends Like These – book three in the Touched trilogy
9. Shadows of the Past – a thriller
10. Grandpa’s Secret War – a thriller
11. Bayou Justice – a thriller
12. Bayou Revenge – a thriller
13. Lost Wages – A Jack House Thriller
14. All In – A Jack House Thriller