If you missed it, I’m trying my hand at food blogging. It seemed like a natural extension since I cook every evening. And food blogging is still a fairly untouched niche with a lot of traffic options. It’s funny, though. I’m learning that food blogging (at least in the beginning) has very little to do with the…
Have you noticed the new quotes I’m adding as the featured image for my blog posts? My blogging friend, Josh White, noticed it and was jealous that I had the idea first. (I’m sure someone else is doing it. I’m sure I’m not the first.) But I laugh that he’s jealous of my idea. Because…
I’m writing a new book. I just finished writing the second chapter. It sucks. I know exactly what I want to say in the chapter. The content is golden. But when it makes its way from my brain, to my fingers, to the keyboard…it just starts sucking. But I finished the chapter anyways. I could…
I think we all have that one big dream we want to achieve. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for a while. We’ve been making plans. We’re waiting for the stars to align so we can follow the dream and see if comes to pass. I like to think of this dream as a gazelle in…
Announcing my latest blogging endeavor. It’s a paleo food blog. I know, it’s completely different than any other blog I have. And frankly it’s a little bit outside of my comfort zone. But a few nights ago I was wide awake with the idea. I couldn’t sleep for about two hours while I was thinking…
Can one success hold you back from another success? I truly believe it can. And I see many people fall into this trap. I’ve seen many people take risks early on in life. They’ve become very successful. But once they’ve achieved that success, they get comfortable. They begin clinging to that success for stability—unwilling to…
Have you heard about the latest scandal involving President Obama wanting to lower the minimum age for buying cigarettes? Chances are your opinion falls into one of two camps. Either (1) you are outraged at the idea of it, or (2) you assume he has a good reason for doing this. And your opinion’s probably…
When you’re self employed, you learn very quickly the importance of connections—even the ones you assume will have no value to you. Recently, one random connection turned into a few thousand dollars worth of ad revenue. He approached me and said, “I have some people who want to advertise on your sites. Let’s hook it…
When I was six years old, my dad moved my whole family to a third world country. Guatemala. We were going as missionaries. At the time, the country was in the middle of a long civil war. People were frequently disappearing in the mountains and guerrilla attacks were common. My dad was taking a pay…
It’s popular nowadays to criticize the Church. It’s filled with hypocrites and bullies. I admit, it’s true. And every time I hear a story of someone who was hurt by the Church, I can’t help but be heartbroken for them. So it’s popular for millennials and bloggers to turn their nose up at the established…