Have you ever wanted to do something, big or small, but you let fear stop you? You let fear of failure stop you? You let negative self-talk convince you that you cannot do that thing (whatever it may be)? Follow my journey from committing to the Rugged...
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Wow! The Rugged Maniac was hands down one of the best days of my life. I could not imagine completing a 5k obstacle course race (OCR). My teammate Brandon and I faced down 25 rugged obstacles. I loved every minute of it. Our team name was “Temporary...
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When you reach for your goals, they feel as distant as the stars in the sky; but it is an illusion. They are already in the palm of your hand. As Mel Robbins says in The 5 Second Rule, “Start before you’re ready. Don’t prepare, begin.” Everything starts with...
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Living on the edge is the BEST place to live. Imagine each of us lives on a 10×10’ square and all our squares surround each other suspended in the air, but not connected to one another. You know. I know. That if we step over any of those four edges, we...
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Tomorrow is the big day in which I will participate in the Rugged Maniac obstacle course race in North Carolina at 1pm Eastern Standard Time. It is funny how time goes. It seems some days will never come and then inevitably, one day we are here. Today has...
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Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.