by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Mar 5, 2018 | Experiences, Observations, Peter's Voice
There are two steps to getting what you want. First, know what you want. Once you know what that is, you just need to prepare yourself to receive it. This is the hardest part. We become impatient. As we wait, we constantly measure our progress and often ignore all the...
by Beth Bostwick | Mar 5, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
Opportunity Cost. It’s a basic business term defined by The New Oxford American Dictionary as “the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.” When you live your life with everything planned out to the Nth degree, you...
by Beth Bostwick | Feb 26, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
In the past, I often thought about how challenging life is. It was often accompanied by a thought comparing it to what a ‘perfect’ life would look like. Countless experiences I had in the past were ‘imperfect’ because I had a particular way I would view...
by Beth Bostwick | Feb 19, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
When I put a post out here for you to read, I don’t like to tell you to do something. Recently I spent time at Purdue talking to lots of people about my experiences since graduation, and I found myself sharing a couple of things I wouldn’t recommend doing. Dwelling on...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Jan 29, 2018 | Experiences, Observations, Peter's Voice
I’ve been reading and thinking about what it means to be self-aware. On the surface, it means to be aware of yourself. From the You Can Choose perspective, it means realizing all your choices are reflected back to you in your experiences. It means every experience you...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Jan 8, 2018 | Experiences, Observations, Peter's Voice
In the gym the other day, someone left a pair of shoes and socks in front of my locker. They were just cast aside by their owner as he undressed to go to the shower after his workout. How rude, I thought, He could have put them into his locker or set them aside, But I...
