Finding Health and Balance as a Blogger (or, Life Will Kill You, Not Blogging)

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Israel Lagares of the Fat Man Unleashed blog.

I was going through my daily RSS health reading when I came across an article in the NY Times. By now, you should know what it’s about: blogging being “bad” for your health. Being the curious soul that I am, I went over and read the article and it got me thinking about my blogging health.

Well, the article basically says that blogging can kill ya! And it has, allegedly, killed some. Of course that’s a bit overboard but it does bring up some good points about blogging, and life in general. Now, as an ever thinking being I always try to extract positive, worthwhile information from my experiences. Always. That’s just the way I have grown up to be. Read more »

The Simple Life

• Quiet mornings.
• Sing-a-long songs with my toddlers in the car.
• Sunset and a beer with my wife.
• Runner’s high on a long run.
• Cuddling up and watching a DVD with the wife and kids.
• Walking outside with my son after it rains.
• My “life” talks with my eldest daughter in the car.
• Writing a post for 50,000 people, in my pajamas.
• Feeling sick and lying in bed all day without having to call my boss. Read more »

  The Simple Life

  • Quiet mornings.
  • Sing-a-long songs with my toddlers in the car.
  • Sunset and a beer with my wife.
  • Runner’s high on a long run.
  • Cuddling up and watching a DVD with the wife and kids.
  • Walking outside with my son after it rains.
  • My “life” talks with my eldest daughter in the car.
  • Writing a post for 50,000 people, in my pajamas.
  • Feeling sick and lying in bed all day without having to call my boss.

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13 Things to Avoid When Changing Habits

“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” - Mark Twain

I’ve learned a lot about changing habits in the last 2 1/2 years, from quitting smoking to taking up running and GTD and vegetarianism and waking early and all that. I could go on, of course, but you get the picture.

I’ve not only learned a lot about what you should do when changing habits, but through my failures, I’ve learned about what not to do.

And trust me, I’ve had lots of failures. Read more »

The Beauty and Culture of the Island of Guam

A number of you have asked about my home island, Guam — what it’s like, how a blogger like me emerged from a tiny island, stuff like that. So today I thought I’d share a little about Guam, just to give you some background on me and my home, and share a new resource for learning all about Guam.

My Home
While I was born in Portland, Oregon and have lived in Seattle and more recently in the SF Bay Area (Sunset District of SF and Vallejo), most of my life has been spent here on Guam. It’s a fairly small tropical island in the middle of the Pacific, a U.S. territory since 1898 (except during World War II, when it was occupied by Japanese forces), a very Catholic but very American island. Read more »

Zen Habits spammed

Hey guys, just a short note and an apology to any blogs who’ve been spammed with Zen Habits (and other) links at the bottom of their html code. I didn’t do it, I promise. Somehow my WP install was exploited and some spammers got some files onto my server. It’s being fixed.

My apologies if your blog was spammed through Zen Habits. It really makes me wonder if these sites actually make more money from doing dumb things like this, and if they feel good about that. Money isn’t everything.