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Beginner

This past weekend I had the opportunity to try something totally new for the first time — fly fishing.  While I’ve fished ever since I can remember, I’ve never been fly fishing / had only had a fly rod in my hand for a total of ten minutes prior to...

Selfless

An interesting combination of two words.  Self’s easy — you!  Less in this instance can be read in two ways.  First, you can look at it as “not quite as much”.  Second, you can look at it as “not there at all”.  And interestingly,...

Pace

Some folks think we move too fast.  Others think we move too slowly.  However, what’s important is not “too fast” or “too slow”.  It’s making sure that the pace you are pursuing is correct for you.  While “correct”...

Traction

When I hear traction I immediately think of tires and slip-sliding around.  There’s normally two reasons that I don’t get traction in my car:   I haven’t properly invested in the tires or they’re too worn to gain traction. The tires...

Naive

Words are interesting things.  Each has a connotation and a denotation.  Many times the two are closely aligned, sometimes they are different as a result of the social norms influence on the word/concept over time.  Naïve is one such word.  Mr. Webster offers three...

KITA

That’s short for “Kick in the Ass (KITA)”.  Originally, I thought I’d title today’s post “push” and work in the KITA concept; however, I quickly realized that in so doing I’d be falling prey to exactly what I was going...