• 2021 Personal Goals

    Looking back over the years, the only goals I consistently achieve are the ones I’m forced to come up with for my job in the corporate world.  Part of this is because I need to keep my job but the other part is that the goals are written to be actionable with a clear picture of what achieving that goal looks like. I’ve decided to take that same approach for my 2021 personal goals.  I invest all this time and effort on my job goals I should totally be putting the same, if not more, effort into my personal goals…

  • 2020 – What a Year….

    Well life certainly threw us all a curve ball over the last year. 2020 certainly has not gone the way I thought it would but I’m pretty certain I’m not the only one thinking that way. I could go on…

  • The Day Cancer Became Personal

    I wrote the below a year after my cancer diagnosis and its basically a brain dump of a crazy night in my life.  So if you are going to attempt to read, I thank you, and encourage you to grab…

  • March – Kidney Cancer Awareness Month

    The month of March marks the beginning of Kidney Cancer Awareness Month. Kidney Cancer Awareness Month was first introduced to Congress by Rep. Thaddeus McCotter on January 31, 2007. The objectives during this time are as follows: Urge organizations and…

  • Saturday of my Dreams

    The last couple days have been extremely hot, sticky and humid in Chicago. This is the type of weather I just can’t deal with so I opted to stay indoors and do a TV marathon of Dexter. What a messed…

  • Welcome to my Life

    It’s taken me awhile to get to the point where I felt comfortable blogging again. I’ve always wanted to be open when writing but I’ve gone through a lot of personal health issues which I didn’t feel comfortable talking about.…