Adventures in Optimism

Learning to live life with optimism

Throwdown Thursday: Diet or Die. Surviving the Sugar Detox
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Throwdown Thursday: Diet or Die. Surviving the Sugar Detox

As we prepare for our poker pilgrimage, Paul and I know we need to shed some pounds.  Being in shape will be critical to fully enjoying our poker travel lifestyle. We’ve spent a lot of time in the past year talking about losing weight, but pretty much no time actually losing it. Enter the sugar…

Key to a Healthy Relationship: Save It for the Summit

Key to a Healthy Relationship: Save It for the Summit

My husband, Paul, and I have a pretty healthy relationship. In fact, I would say that we are soulmates.  However, we also have each had numerous romance fails in the past. So we expend every effort to insure that our current relationship does not start to slide. Generally this is pretty easy. We agree on…

4 Tricks to Recapturing Self Motivation When Energy Flags

4 Tricks to Recapturing Self Motivation When Energy Flags

Sometimes Paul and I have a bit of trouble keeping up our motivation over the course of a long day. If you read Paul’s post on Stumbling Toward Optimism, you know that a positive attitude is not in our DNA. However, we have a lot of important goals and very busy lives. We have four…

Stumbling Toward Optimism

Stumbling Toward Optimism

Heather and I naturally gravitate toward the bleak. Optimism has traditionally been anathema to our shared world view. We’re not proud of our glass half empty –  more like glass-broke-and-hope-leaked-all-over-the-counter – outlook. But it’s become ingrained. Brush teeth, shower, think about how we are going to die one day and how it has all been…