NEARly at the Starting Line Never backward, always forward. Always.. - Luke Cage Ever heard the term “one step forward, two steps back”? Yeah, me too… all too often. At first, it would be an utterance by frustrated characters in popular entertainment. Later on it became things I witnessed in…

One step at a time, one punch at a time, one round at a time. — Rocky Balboa Ok, my breath is returning. Heart rate calming, the tide that had nearly suffocated me beneath it seems to be on the decline for the foreseeable future. So…. What now? “What do…

I Think a Turn is NEAR Intuitions are not to be ignored. They represent data processed too fast for the conscious mind to comprehend. - Sherlock Holmes Something changed, and it's not the season or the entire lineup of the future Avengers films. That being said, side note, not sure…

NEARly Inhaling Oxygen is SO important during those pre-pubescent years, don't you think? - Gregory House, "House M.D." Deep gasp. Real, REAL deep. Feel that? The stinging in the sternum and lungs from expanding too far? Me too. I'm still doing it; have been for at least an hourly interval……

The worst day I’ve ever had lately is one where i didnt get all my tasks done before sleep — Nemo Am I choosing to do nothing? Honestly yeah. I was supposed to wake and train before dawn… I haven’t. I had intended to perform a few more guitar practice…

NEARly Inundated Praying for rain when you're already drowning… - I Prevail, "Bad Things" I've been in a… I guess a funk? I hate using terminology for things like these moments so badly! Like Floki the Shipwright I tend to not share or express any of these things for a…

It’s all just a ride… — Bill Hicks If my existence were a ride it’d likely be one of my least favorites: It’s A Small World, the Gravitron, or maybe even chairlift tours. Each for their own reasons… I suppose the first and the last are both because they’re boring…

The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint. — Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations They say the true measure of a person is how they handle life’s uncertain, and typically unfortunate, circumstances. In that regard my performance has (in my opinion) left much to be desired. On occasion as my outer composure holds, I crumble like gingerbread in my own mind. Those are the…

Flow with the go… — Rickson Gracie As someone who both hates exercise but loves martial arts, I more than most understand the value of proper breathing and cardio. This is primarily because I have rarely in life had it in any capacity, and to this day can feel whatever…