At the beginning of 2020 My Java Journal began an exploration of, and was focused towards growth. However, only with the close of 2020, and after reviewing my 2020 blog posts, have I properly looked at the definition of growth; Growth is the process of increasing in size. It is true that growth then […]
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I wrote last year about community; community and togetherness. I wrote of a community experience I had and then related it to how community is one of the five keys to happiness, according to the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and his The Little Book of Lykke. The other four keys
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With the end of 2020 in sight, it is time to review the goals I set for the year. Some of these goals, which feel were set so very long ago, have proven hard to accomplish. That’s okay given the many obstacles and challenges this year has thrown at the world. Even before the
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Today I ride for the 2020 Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. An Aggressive Goal Set The goal I set this year was $10,000. A tough goal given the state of things in 2020. Today, we are well past that goal; a testament to my community, my family, my friends. A testament to the small businesses and
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It is important to support, celebrate, and promote other’s accomplishments. Whether it’s your kids, your spouse, your family, or your friends. Today I will do so for Victoria, a friend. This is a localized post. However, it may prompt those of you from outside the Ottawa area to find similar resources in your own.
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My Java Journal is about, in a word, growth. It does still chronicle a journey, and that journey started with a dream, but that journey has become much less linear than, I realize now, was, in a gross oversight, intended. By this I mean that I think I expected to leave the military and get
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