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January 2012 Month in Review

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Mike

January flew by- here are a few highlights Started 17 day dejunking challenge- so far we have thrown away 100 plus things. Had our first non-family babysitters (a big important step) and picked Sushi for our date. Liam started crawling … Continue reading →

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My 2011 Year in Review

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Mike

I have a tradition at the end of the year to review my journal and write down the highlights or interesting things that we’ve done. I did that this year, but as I was going through each day I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Idea 3,417: GoDash Key Chain Stylus for iPad

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Mike

Many of you know that I have a chronic problem of losing pens and any writing utensil. In fact, when I got married and Michelle started going through my closet she found a large shoe box full of pens. She … Continue reading →

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Journal Writing Day #17: Writing about Journal Writing

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Mike

I have really enjoyed writing about journal writing. I have indeed learned more about journal writing and my daily entries are better than they have been in the past- I hope that is the same for the hundreds and thousands … Continue reading →

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Journal Writing Day #16: One more day

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Mike

I hope everybody (all 6 of you) that committed to this 17 day challenge of Journal Writing, is actually still writing in your journals everyday and you’re having a good experience doing so. I would love to hear about any … Continue reading →

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Journal Writing Day #9: Random Writing

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Mike

Write down the thoughts of the moment.  Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.  ~Francis Bacon In order to do this, I quickly send an email to myself about an idea and/or a thought to develop later. … Continue reading →

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Journal Writing Day #7: Helps Develop Thoughts

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Mike

I thought I really liked this thought about how journal writing can help us develop our thoughts. “Thoughts are created in the act of writing. [It is a myth that] you must have something to say in order to write. … Continue reading →

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17 Day Challenge #1 – Journal Writing

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Mike

We hear a lot of talks in church about writing in our journals, and I think most of us have it in the back of our minds as something we should do, but we still don’t write regularly and so … Continue reading →

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17 Day Challenges

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Mike

Those of you who know me know I have a lot of ideas on how to improve my life.  Sometimes I am (or more often, my wife is) overwhelmed by the sheer number of brilliant ideas I come up with. … Continue reading →

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Short Fuse Bucket List

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Mike

In no particular order Michelle and I tried to answer the question what we would do if we knew we were to die in 1 day, 2 weeks, 2 months, 6 months. Some are serious, some are funny, some we … Continue reading →

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