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Author Archives: Jim Baker I turn 35 this month. Age is just a number, but there is significance with each year. I’m considering my 35th birthday as my “half 70th birthday.” If I’m half 70, and these first 35 years have flown by, then it’s time to turn the volume up to 11 and get after it. Today I […]  This blurry photo is of my friend Melanie. We were celebrating her 22nd birthday and I was picking up dinner to celebrate. I parked, and got out of the car. I walked past a woman who was seemingly speaking to me but making no sense. I kept walking, avoiding eye contact. The food was taking […] Why I’m Concerned About Internet Privacy So we’re the weird parents that don’t want photos of our kids anywhere on social media. Why? Because the internet is a fairly new technology and we don’t know how this plays out. And honestly there’s already to much information out there about us. You could easily figure out a […] Momentum I’m sure I’ve written about momentum before. But it’s real easy to forget. Momentum feels good. And to get the ball rolling, you’ve got to just start. Inertia works in your favor once you’ve started. The hard part is getting going. What can you just jump into right now? We started out the week […] One Bag? Thoughts On Packing For Domestic Travel I don’t travel a ton. But I did just make silver status on delta. In my lifetime I’ve been blessed to travel to a lot of places though. But living in one of the most remote places on earth means I’m hopping on a plane to go anywhere. […] Woot! I just made silver status on delta. This might not be a big deal to people who travel for a living. But this is the first time I’ve made status with an airline. I remember my friend Dan Baumann years ago, encouraging me to get status with an airline. So we picked Delta at […] I have a love hate relationship with social media. Okay, basically it’s just a hate relationship, but for what we do it’s necessary. We went a magical year or more without social media in 2018. And in that time it was interesting to see who still interacted with us on a regular basis. Something I […] In Monday’s post I wrote “why isn’t there a pretty picture here.” I know full well that blog posts with pretty photos drive more traffic to your content. It makes me think of a quote that I can’t find, and gave up trying to find because it also was delaying me from hitting publish. The […] Why isn’t there a pretty picture here? I was recently on the mainland, and whenever I’ve travelled the 5,000 miles from Honolulu I try to make the most of my trip while I’m there. So I flew to NYC to meet up with a board member of our ministry. I also made silver status on […]  What are we trying to escape from? What are we trying to avoid? Have we brought the hurts and hardships, real or perceived into our consciousness, into the light, so they can be dealt with? Or are we hiding and avoiding that too? How do we arrange our lives, our days so that we don’t […] |
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