Tag: life choices
Stop Wearing Busy as a Badge of Honor
How do you respond when people ask, “How are you?” For my part, aside from the usual...
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All the Small Things That Are Kind of a Big Deal
We tend to think of the “big things” as the things that matter the most. It only makes...
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G.K. Chesterton on Adventure (Sunday Snippet)
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure...
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Ricky Gervais, After Life S3 (Sunday Snippet)
I wanna be a good person. But sometimes, I just can’t be bothered. It’s too hard. We...
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On Daydreaming and Big Life Changes
Daydreaming is normal. We all do it, regardless of our lot in life. Whether you’ve fallen on...
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Five Key Lessons From My 30s
Tomorrow marks a beginning. It also marks an end. You see, I start the final year of my 30s...
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What Are Your Top Values?
If you’re being truly honest with yourself, what would you say are the most important things...
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Short Story Sunday: Locked Out
And so, there I stood, in front of my old high school. I had graduated some 20 years prior, and...
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Sunday Snippet: Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that...
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To Approach Life Like Reading a Book
Some people out there will tell you that life is something to be conquered. “Grab life by...
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What’s Up Wednesdays: Cognitive Dissonance
How is it already halfway through summer break?! There are still so many things I thought we...
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Sunday Snippet: Henri Junttila (Find Your Passion)
How will you know when you’re living a passionate life? Once you know what your definition of...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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