We spend so much time celebrating amazing things that hardly anyone can do, that we convince ourselves that those are the only things worth celebrating. We start to devalue the things that we can do every day.” – Drew Dudley Happy Friday!! Here are some every day (small things) that I’m celebrating today: I Read more about All the… Small things…[…]
Happy Friday my dudes! What’s everyone celebrating today? My wife and I just did something cool… We sold another rental property! Woohoo!! 🎉🥳🎊🍾 This is part of our long term plan to simplify our life, reduce our hands on management in stuff, and increase our freedom! Shedding work that we don’t enjoy, gives us more Read more about Friday. My second favorite F word.[…]
Today is my Dad’s birthday! He’s turning 60! 🎉 I realize most of you guys don’t know my Dad. So why would you care about some stranger’s 60th birthday? Well, here are a few reasons you should join in his celebration today… All human beings are worth celebrating, whether you know them or not. Sending Read more about Cheers to an awesome guy![…]
Happy Friday!!! If you liked my Dad’s celebration story yesterday, here are some other things to brighten up your morning… These are wins from you guys, and I changed some of the names for anonymity (and, just for fun 😝) Have a great day celebrating, y’all! – Joel ****** From Nate Dogg: “1. The wife Read more about The celebrations continue![…]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️☘️☘️ Here are some fun statistics and happenings during this most spectacular holiday… Did you know, about 10% of all US citizens can trace their ancestry back to Ireland!? 😳 That’s about 33 million Irish people in the USA (There’s only 5 million Irish in Ireland itself!) 🇮🇪 Regardless of ancestry, Read more about Luck of the Irish![…]
Happy Monday and happy 1st of the month!!! A few years back my wife and I started celebrating every 1st of the month. This ritual brings cheer, pride, encouragement, gratitude and celebration into our household and lives. Please join in today… It’s easy to do: grab a pen write down 3-4 awesome things that happened Read more about March Radness[…]
Last Friday on my volunteering shift, I got a special assignment… One of the clients has been requesting some pie for several months. The standard issue meals can get a bit bland, so he’s been asking constantly if meals on wheels can bring him some pie – to change things up. So last week, one Read more about A few Friday love stories for ya…[…]
🏮Happy Chinese New Year!!!🏮 Here are some fun facts for ya… About 2 Billion people will be celebrating Chinese new year today! (actually they started last night and will continue for the next 15 days – that’s a long holiday!) More fireworks will be set off today than any other day of the year! These Read more about Chinese New Year 🏮 🏮 – Let’s celebrate![…]
Happy February! It’s the 1st day of the month, time to celebrate! About 6 years ago my wife and I started a tradition. On the 1st of every month we celebrate together and toast to the good life! It’s awesome because: It keeps us celebrating regularly. Life moves so quickly you gotta remember to constantly Read more about Happy 1st of the month! 🥂[…]
Are you a hard worker? Do you solve problems at work? Do you think up ideas that nobody else has? Do you work late or overtime? Do you put in extra effort, even when you’re not asked to? Do you care about what you do? Are you friends with your co-workers? Do you get paid Read more about Labor labor labor day[…]
A few fun updates from Joel’s house… – Yesterday, while wearing my face mask, I thought it’d be a good idea to clean the front of it with an alcohol wipe. Turned out to be a horrible idea. I nearly fainted. Lessons learned – don’t put chemicals right near the breathing hole. – Read more about Fun times in Quarantine![…]
A few weeks ago my wife came to me with some exciting news… She was getting a pay raise at work! She heard all about it on a conference call… “Due to teachers having to work from home, the school is giving everyone a $70 per day pay increase!” Woohoo! We opened a nice bottle of wine Read more about Don’t celebrate too early![…]
About 5 years ago, my wife and I started a tradition of celebrating the 1st of every month. It sounds silly, but we love it. We do this because: 1) It began when we bought our first rental property together. Rent checks come in on the 1st of each month, and even though most (sometimes Read more about It’s the 1st of the Month – Time to Celebrate![…]
Being kind is free. It doesn’t cost you anything, and it’s easier than being unkind. “thousands of candles can be lit by a single candle, and the life of the original candle will not be shortened” So today I’m gonna share my flame 🔥 with as many people as possible. It’s gonna be a Read more about Share your candle[…]
OK, you’ve had your fun. The holidays are over… Now it’s time to get back to your job and regular life. Wait, what?! Just because the holidays are over, who says we have to stop celebrating? I don’t know about you guys, but my decorations aren’t coming down anytime soon! No matter the season Read more about Holidays are over – get back to work![…]
Did you know, today… – You’re probably going to get richer! Because statistically, Monday is the most likely day of the week that the US stock market will rise, rather than fall. – We’re probably in for good weather, too… Mondays have the least chance of rain! – There will be 384,701 babies born today. Read more about Today Statistics – Pre-Christmas…[…]
Today is Halloween! And there’s some weird stuff going on tonight… – Americans will spend about $8.8 billion in preparation for Halloween tonight 🤮. – 22% of Americans will go to a haunted house attraction. – And 80% of those haunted houses are operated by charities! (It’s a good thing, because they generate ~$300mil Read more about Halloween – Statistics in the USA – 2019[…]
🇺🇸 Today is Independence Day! 🇺🇸 Here is what we crazy American’s will get up to… – We will eat A LOT of hot dots today… About 150 million. – 37 million hot dogs will have come from Iowa. – And 70% of the lettuce in our salads was grown in California! – 26% Read more about 4th of July – Statistics for 2019[…]