1,000

Time is a factor so it’s time that counts
Count not the negative actions of one
Speakers of soul say it’s time to shout
Three forms the soul to a positive sum
Dance to this fix and flex every muscle
Space can be filled if you rise like my lumber
Advance to the tune but don’t do the hustle
Shake, rattle, roll to my magic number -De La Soul, song “Magic Number”

Today (on the eve of my birthday which is some pretty cool synchronicity) marks my 1,000th blog post.

1,000 was my magic number. Seth Godin, my virtual mentor and who inspired me to start this blog, occasionally gives a shout out to people who’ve written 1,000 posts. I remember thinking, “That’s it. That’s the number. 1,000. I’d like to get to that someday.”

And I did it.

WE did it.

Some gratitude is in order…

First and foremost, thank you dear reader from the bottom of my heart for reading this blog, for commenting, for encouraging, for sharing the posts, for sending me notes when something resonated. It was all very meaningful and kept me going, especially through the difficult days, and there have been some of those.

Thank you Seth for all the incredible work you do and always responding to my emails. You’re awesome. Everyone, sign up for Seth’s blog Here. (I think he’s written over 10,000 posts now.) Or listen to his podcast Here. Or get any of his books (if you care at all about our planet, start with The Carbon Almanac) as well as all his other work Here. You’ll be glad you did. Trust me.

Thanks to all my other great virtual mentors out there whose work I consistently interact with and think about. Ryan Holiday, Margo Aaron, Tim Ferriss, Susan Cain, Bishop Robert Baron, Shane Parrish, Mark Duplass, Ethan Hawke, James Clear, Gabe The Bass Player, Tara Brach, Andre Gregory, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Maria Popova, Arthur Brooks, Brene Brown and Richard Rohr come to mind. Be sure to check out their work.

Also thanks to some of those giants who’ve come before us. Their quotes and thoughts routinely show up in this blog…Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Lao-Tzu, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, August Wilson and Anton Chekhov, to name a few.

Thank you to my family and friends. My wife Amy for being my rock. My boys, Callum and Truman for allowing me to be your dad. I learn stuff every day by watching and hanging out with you two.

Finally, thanks to the O.G. My dad. My hero. My best friend. My number one fan. He loved reading these posts and talking to me in depth about them. Love you and miss you every day, big guy.

So, what do you think?…Should we try for 2,000?

P.S. – As De La Soul would advise, the real magic number is Three. It’s impossible to listen to this song and not immediately be in a good mood.