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First Blog Post for The Resilient Worker
To have a comeback, you have to have a setback. –Mr. T During my senior year in college, we would routinely blast The Black Crowes’ “Shake Your Money Maker” album. And one song in particular, She Talks to Angels, seemed…
As my daughter flew off to explore new adventures for her semester abroad program, I was reminded of my own experience many years ago. I ventured across the pond to London with a good high school and college friend, ready…
In the spring of 2021, I was beyond excited to see a classic college lacrosse game that was coming to Washington, DC. My son was playing for Villanova and they were set to square off on the campus of Georgetown,…
It’s never too late in life to have a genuine adventure. –Henry David Thoreau Happy Hour at the Sunrise Senior Living Community is a wild affair. A smidge of alcohol. A heaping serving of live music. And episodic outbreaks of…
True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future. –Seneca I had the great fortune to play in a charity golf tournament benefiting the Child Rescue Coalition down in Boca Raton, Florida a few weeks ago. …
It was another glorious weekend on the East Coast, and the perfect opportunity to get outside and play some golf (before settling into watching football and other such important weekend activities!). So I headed out to the links with a…
Earn the right to be proud and confident. –John Wooden As a GenX risk-taker, I had tried all the adrenaline junkie activities. Hang gliding. Parasailing. Bungee-jumping. Zip-lining. But the crown jewel, skydiving, had eluded me for years. Finally, in my…
Well, it finally happened. After years of consciously staying above the fray, I finally caved. With so much negative swirl in the media, I have avoided pouring over the editorial sections of major newspapers. Not exactly a breeding ground for…
It’s okay to have personal ambitions. But you have to take someone with you. –Roger Staubach It’s Christmas in July here at The Resilient Worker! I have vowed to listen to more podcasts on the weekends, having fallen sharply out…
My wife and I had the incredible pleasure of traveling to the West Coast last week. But during our trip, the coronavirus pandemic and corresponding hysteria swept the nation and the world. Each day, the news got exponentially worse as…