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June 2018: Mini Blogging Break, Experiment Updates, & A New Monthly Goal

What do you aspire to accomplish in the month of June? Have you written down your goals for the month? Last month was jammed pack with work, life, and play. There was too much ...

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May 2018 Reflection Point: 9 Lessons Learned, 8 Quotes, 5 New Things, & Goal Updates

How was your May? What did you accomplish? What got in the way? With a work-heavy month, the NBA playoffs, and playing a new computer game, my month was jam-packed and fill...

Dare to dream woman

How To Move Towards a Dream While Maintaining Priorities Along The Way

Life is not a straight line. And any path with monumental goals won’t be an easy one. With a wife and four children (plus one on the way), I don’t have the luxury of sleeping ...

Unique Rock Mountain

Mini-Experiments & New Goals For May 2018

Four months into the year, and I feel a bit worn down from the previous month’s writing activities. While I’ve had some success, it’s required a good amount of effort. In fact...

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Looking Back: 21 April 2018 Discoveries + News & Updates

We've now completed the fourth month of 2018! And, if you want to slow down time, I recommend doing a monthly looking forward and looking back journal entry (private or public)....

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Mini-Experiments & New Goals For April 2018

When it comes to time passing, I've had different perspectives in different seasons of life. In some cases, the passing of time feels like perpetual torture during difficult sit...

Wonderful Ice Water Falls

March 2018: 31 Rapid Fire Discoveries (+ Status Updates)

We're over a quarter of the way through 2018. What progress (or regress) have you made? The conclusion of March and the Start of April is the four year anniversary since we shut...

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March 2018 Mini-Experiments, Goals & Events

March is here and the time has come to look ahead. Do you know what you want to accomplish by month's end? If not, here are ideas of what I'm working on as a way to inspire you ...

Forest Road Top View - Moving Forward

29 Rapid Fire Lessons Learned: February 2018

Two months down, ten to go. So far, I’m making progress on both my annual and monthly goals but with the expectation of child number five, this fall with some unexpected events ...

Harpoon Computer User

My Freelancing Story Showcased as a Harpoon Customer Spotlight

22 February 2018

Since May 2017, I've been using Harpoon* to manage my invoices (automatic payment reminders), track my expenses, and project my future expected income (with dashboard charts). I...

The End Pepper Palace #WallOfFlame

Videos: My Hot Sauce Eating Escalation Reaches THE END + the One Chip Challenge

10 February 2018

This page and its contents are hot! When eating super spicy sauces, please proceed with caution. I wrote previously how I began my spicy eating habit as a baby, with the help of...

Baby Montoya #5

It's Official. We're Expecting Our Fifth Child This Fall!

05 February 2018

We're expecting another kiddo this fall, and the Montoya household is going from four to five children! What would Matthew (from my twitter conversation below) have thought if h...

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