Seems like my life just keeps getting more and more busy. I spent four days in Indianapolis for a conference related to work. I come home to a family crisis, I have our housewarming party this weekend and I have to go to work too. My thought was that I would have a stable, quiet lifestyle in my forties but it has been anything but. I am not complaining but I am concerned that I do not have enough of a focus on the truly important things to me in my life. I am going to start working on removing the less important distractions from my life to allow me to concentrate more on the things that are important to me. I found a couple of months ago a web site that I have found to be very informative and very helpful to my efforts. Steve Pavlina is the blogger who produces great content that many of us can benefit from reading and following. I highly recommend taking some time and reading some of the posts Steve has on his site.

I have read many of the posts and while I understand them, when I am in "life mode" I drop back into behaviors that are comfortable but not necessarily what I want or what is best for me at that time. This is at the core of my challenges right now. I feel like I have increased my conscious thinking and my have modified my behaviors to be more in line with my thinking. However, when I am stressed I go right back to my old habits and thoughts. This is what I am currently working on. Breaking old habits and replacing them with new thoughts and actions. This has been very challenging for me as this is a process that one goes through on their own and really you cannot say "Hold on I need to think about this before I react." I simply need to get better at this. I need to continue to practice and I know in time I will get better. My hope is that my putting this out in the open for anyone and everyone to read that I will follow up with a more disciplined effort and speed up my rate of success.

If anyone has any questions or comments I welcome them.

Until next time,

Scott

July 20th......

Nick is 15 today. It seems like just yesterday that I was scared that I had no clue what I was doing being a dad. Oh wait that was yesterday! 15 years old on the cusp of being able to drive and take the first big steps towards independence. I remember being 15 and how much I did not like it.... My friends could drive but me noooooooo my friends got to do all the cool things but me... I am pretty sure that my teenage years were just like the vast majority of teenage years during the 1970's...... Nick's seem to be so much different from mine. He has his own computer, MP3 player etc and is so self contained. Teenagers get to do so much more than I did as a teen. It is good to look back and remember the past and look forward to the potential.

Happy Birthday Nick! I hope that all of your hopes and dreams come true!