It’s Sunday night, but I had a few good cold shower thoughts this morning.   Truth be told, the thoughts come during the warm portion of the shower. The cold part is just me finding my happy place.  So yesterday, I told you we were wrapping up our habit-building week. I

On a Saturday morning at the end of January, it sure looks like a lot more fun to be at the AMEX in California instead of 16 degrees here in St. Louis.  BUT, I do like our Missouri taxes quite a bit better:)  Okay, so we’ve finally come to the

Happy Friday, my fellow habit-building dominator.  Today, we’re going to continue our unofficial series on building habits that actually stick.   Let me clarify…building positive habits that stick. The bad habits are effortless:)  To recap, there are three parts to a habit:  Cue – what triggers the habitual behavior  Routine –

It was a “brisk”, 7-degree, dark, windy Thursday morning here in St. Louis when I walked out of the house for my 40-minute rucking (fancy way of saying walking with a weighted backpack).    I know it sounds miserable, but I’m continuing to build my habit of an outdoor activity every

Happy Wednesday – I accidentally just typed “Thursday”, so let’s take a step back and refocus.  So yesterday, we got started talking about how we suck at building habits.  Seriously, we know what we need to do to get into shape and live a healthy life, so why is it

It’s Tuesday, day #15 of my New Year’s Forge, so I’ve got habit-building on the brain.  More specifically, why do we suck so bad at it?  We know what we need to do, so why can’t we get ourselves to do it?  Not sure if it helps, but we’re not