Setting Goals

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.
~ Maya Angelou

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Goals: We all have them. Some are short-term, some are long-term and some are hard to put in a time frame. Whatever the situation, goals are important. They give us something to strive toward, and a reason to pat ourselves on the back when we’ve reached them. Continue reading

Expanding Operations

It is said that greed is fueled by a lust for power, a pursuit from the insecure.

I couldn’t say I disagreed with that philosophy even though I liked to consider myself an altruistic philanthropist at times. Truth be told, even that could be seen as self-serving. “Look at what I did for the good of many.” The hero complex was far too common in people and almost never born of truly heroic motives.

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End of an EON

I was genuinely shocked at the news:

Fly safe EON, old chum. Over eight years you did some good stuff and helped a few people to their dream jobs (and me to a dream wife), but it’s time to settle into the retirement village for old game magazines and tell anyone who’ll listen how EVE used to be. I’ll pop by from time to time to see how you’re coping. – Richie Shoemaker

I get it. It’s a digital age and a lot of large publications have been struggling, let alone the little magazine that could. I understand that EON is no longer considered commercially viable. It still sucks. Continue reading

Supplementation

There are some topics that everyone has a strong opinion on, whether it’s an informed opinion or not. Religion, politics, parenting, relationships – most of us are pretty set in our ways. That’s probably why we’re told to never discuss those topics in public settings if we wish to keep our friends.

Supplements can be one of those hot topics. Anyone who has even touched a supplement suddenly believes they know everything there is to know about nutritional health in the modern universe. I’ve met many fitness trainers, certified professionals, that don’t even understand supplementation properly, yet think they do.

Supplements, whether used correctly or incorrectly, can be expensive and dangerous. Always respect your body.

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