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  1. Experimenting with my Rock Tumbler Theme for 2020
  2. Learn more 112: 2020 Word of the Year ‘Rock Tumbler’ 

January 2020 Updates

  • I have been journaling each day in Clear Habit Journal to create new habits
  • My OneTabs have decreased from 4000+ between 3 macs down to under 1000
  • I have been writing daily reflections of at least 200 words on 200words and Medium
  • I have been decluttering and streamlining my work and materials
    • January 18
      • Got rid of 57 items of clothes – button down, polo shirts, dress pants, shoes, shirts
      • Threw away 10 items of clothing not worthy of donating
      • Rid bathroom of 15 towels as we purchased new towels
      • Ava donated 40+ books from her shelf
    • January 1-17
      • I donated books from my shelves to local library
      • I cleared out a cabinet of items in living room. Completely bare as we discarded 17 items that provide no positive value to family
      • Ebay
        • sold RVR robot, 3 circuit playground classics, Rasp. Pi 2 kit
        • sold Sphero robot never used after owning for a year
        • sold 2 20lb Seth Godin books
        • sold 10 books from shelf

September 2017 NOW Focus

  • Completed 20,000 words of book
  • Framework for first keynote
  • Developing Makerspace PD Part 1
  • Try to break even in nonprofit

June 2017 NOW Focus

  1. Coffeechug Book Club of Empowerment
  2. Coffeechug Fitness Support Group
    1. Personal Goal – Run 100 Miles
  3. Future goals of my career
    1. Discover who I am and where I am going
    2. Book Publication
    3. Non-Profit
    4. Is there more or is where I am at enough?
  4. Parenting teens and pre-teens in this very difficult world of influence
    1. Trust
    2. Relationships
    3. Treatment of others
    4. Social Media
    5. How to parent!

May 28th, 2o17

Beginning phases of getting into shape and to hopefully run a marathon this fall

Preparing the launch of a nonprofit

Awaiting news of a book proposal

Making plans to launch an online book club

 

February 2017

Writing a short piece every single day to my 8th grade basketball team helping them navigate life and the hardwood court.

Follow along https://medium.com/@coffeechugbooks

 

 

January 22nd, 2017

Focus on what you can control

2017 has been super crazy ass busy. It has just been an insane few weeks.

This has been good as it has really forced me to focus on the essentials of life.

1. Family
2. Being a good husband and father
3. Being a good educator
4. Self Exploration

In this order. As busy as life has been and as stressful as busyness can be it has forced to really dial in my time. I am working to eliminate the clutter of my life that distracts me from my goals.

It is not easy, but I am making great strides.

So what has been going on?
First, I have begun another season of 8th grade boys basketball. I love coaching. It is one of my favorite things to do. Coaching allows me to see kids in a whole new light and gives me hope that even the kids that cause headaches in the classroom can be awesome.

This year I have created a Google Classroom for our team where I share schedules, rosters, stats, etc. Most importantly I share a daily thought to help them think about the bigger picture.

I have decided to publish these pieces on Medium for others to read. Feel free to check them out and let me know what you think. https://medium.com/@coffeechugbooks/latest
I have not been blogging as much as I normally do, but things will pick up. I have been writing a lot, but nothing for the blog specifically.

Here are the latest

Book Review: Payoff by Dan Ariely http://wp.me/p4covo-1Og 

How To Download Facebook Live Videos to Desktop http://wp.me/p4covo-1Ot 

The Truth http://wp.me/p4covo-1Hh

Smart Home AND Smart Classrooms http://wp.me/p4covo-1Oy

Amazon Echo Weekly Favorites Episode 1: X-Mas Break http://wp.me/p4covo-1Oq 

Google Home Weekly Favorites Episode 1: X-Mas Break http://wp.me/p4covo-1Oo 
I have been building out a new Google Sites. I love the new sites. So beautiful and easy to use. I have started to use my new site to house all my PD, workshops, and conference sessions.

I just placed the finishing touches on my new work for an upcoming class to teach pre-service teachers. I have been waiting for this moment since 2014 when I called out higher education for not doing enough to prepare the next wave of teachers. I finally have a chance to act upon my words. I could not be more excited.

Here is a link if you want to see what I have been working on for a few weeks. It is still in rough beta but I hope to have it all polished by end of February.

I welcome any feedback.
Favorite Books I Am Reading

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom,… by Ryan Holiday for $12.99 http://amzn.to/2jcoI0U

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and… by Timothy Ferriss for $15.99 http://amzn.to/2jclmLf 

Success Is the Only Option: The Art of Coac… by John Calipari for $14.99 http://amzn.to/2jcnQt8 

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August 21st

Be happy

Make others happy

Complete that goal of mine in three parts(not sharing due to Derek Sivers)

As of July 9th

  1. Staying away from education and spending time with my wife and kids
  2. Obsessing over Pokemon Go
  3. Learning how to craft effective Periscope videos
  4. Prepping final 8000 words for my book in the making
  5. Marathon training

 

As of June 24th

  1. Making preparations for the US Forum in Denver, CO. Flying out today so need get packed and finalize presentations.
  2. Taking summer off from education thought(besides the Forum). Feel the need to step away and do other things that have nothing to do with education to come back to next year feeling refreshed.
  3. Learn how to self publish my book
  4. Keep learning about SnapchatIMG_3853

 

 

As of May 11th, 2016

Drafting and designing all new challenges to our robotics camp

Finding motivation to get back to my book writing

Designing a way to organize my Coffeechug Cafe Makerspace

 

 

 

This is all I am focusing on right now. My Book.

I am writing. I am grinding through the process of getting the words from my brain into my Scrivener document. It is tough. It is a challenge.

Until I hit my 50,000 word mark I will not be blogging or doing much else on this website or other methods. Feel free to reach out via social media.

In the meantime I will be sharing bits of my book here on Medium and sharing ideas on Facebook for insights, and for conversation around certain ideas.

I promise I have not gone off the deep end(well maybe I have) and lost my voice. Rather, I need to shut down many things in my life to focus on this monstrous goal of mine that I have thought about for years and failed at it time and time again.

Not this time.

Until I reach 50,000 words, keep pushing forward and looking forward to engaging with you when I share bits and pieces from the book.

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