Travis McMullen

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  • Restarting habits

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    We finally got COVID-19. It kicked our butts. I spent four days in bed, coughed for over a week, and two weeks on, still feel fatigued. Thankfully, I’ve been able to start going on slow walks around our neighbourhood and in our local shopping centre. Our daily rhythms shift when we are ill. For me,…

  • Eating well

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    Yum, it smells like one giant chicken nugget My wife, 18 September 2022 Eating well is one of the basics for living a good life. By doing so, we can ensure that we are able to keep ourselves alert, engaged, and focused. We also influence as best as we can better health outcomes, especially for when we…

  • Maintaining Health and Fitness

    Maintaining Health and Fitness

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    It’s hard to walk with a coffee My wife, 4 September 2022 It turns out you can’t walk at your normal fast pace when you are trying to sip a coffee. I consider keeping yourself fit and healthy to be one of the basics for living a good life. By doing so, we can ensure…

  • Simple living and a Harry Potter shelf

    Simple living and a Harry Potter shelf

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    I can have a whole row for my Harry Potter books! *giggles of delight* My wife, setting up our bookshelf, 4 September 2022 Decaf coffee in hand, we sat on the floor in our study and started sorting through our books. Even though we had moved into our townhouse in March (six months ago now)…

  • Getting the basics in order

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    Life is long, if you know how to use it Seneca Recently I wrote about the kind of man I want to be – one that is kind, forgiving, a great husband and family member, someone that contributes to our community, and imparts practical knowledge to the world. Before we can hope to achieve this,…

  • The Person I Want To Be

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    Most of us would be seized with fear if our bodies went numb, and would do everything possible to avoid it, yet we take no interest at all in the numbing of our souls Epictetus I recently read How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon. Towards the…

  • On improvement

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    Elminster this, Elminster that. Give *me* 2000 years and a pointy hat and I will kick his arse Edward the Magician, Baldur’s Gate When I started my podcast I was a beginner. The first few times I pressed record I stumbled over my words (this sill happens and is something I’m getting better at). I…

  • Choose your hard

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    You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it. Dr Jordan B. Peterson Irrespective of what we do, who we are, where we are, and…

  • The importance of relationship

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    There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with Seneca – Letters from a Stoic I still remember the day I saw Machu Picchu for the first time. If I close my eyes, I can take myself back there. I can feel the dew on my skin.…

  • A gradual change

    A gradual change

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    I am no longer a climber. I used to think that being a climber was my primary identity. I didn’t just climb. I was a climber. Now, I’m not. These days climbing is not a major focus. It’s not what I spend most of time time doing. I’m not thinking about then next climb or…