It's no secret that I am excited for the Nintendo Switch. I already have it pre-ordered and have even requested that day off work for its release. To top that, I've watched pretty much every YouTube video I can to learn more about the console. In a recently uploaded video, MatPat of The Game Theorists duked it out head-to-head against none other than the president and COO of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime. The topic: whether or not Nintendo should continue in the hardware console market or become a pure software company much like SEGA. Check it out below: Link to "Should Nintendo STOP Making Consoles? - DeadLock (Feat. Reggie from Nintendo) I'm really impressed with Nintendo for agreeing to do this video. MatPat definitely didn't go easy on Reggie. He made a lot of valid points, so kudos to Nintendo for tackling these matters head on. But as much as I am impressed with Nintendo for their endeavors with the Switch, I haven't heard much abou...

Hey there folks! After reading some of my other Adulting 101 posts, my wife, Maggie, came up with some content for this series. She asked if she could join write some posts, and I'm glad to have her on here. That said, I'm going to take a backseat here and let her share with you some cleaning hacks. Let's get into it!

Ever clench your fists in anger? Chuckle out loud when reading a joke? Sigh when thinking about something disappointing? Often, we don't do these things intentionally. These are subconscious reactions to things around us. Think about it. It would be absurd to think to yourself, "I thought that was funny, so I am purposefully going to laugh out loud." After all, we don't laugh out loud at 100% of the things we think are funny. (You all who use the LOL acronym in your text messages know this well!)

As a new dad, I am constantly thinking about how I can help mold my daughter into be a strong, capable woman someday. It probably won't surprise you, but I'm not fully sold on the education system doing that. I loop college in with that category. There is still a place for education, but when I think about what helped shape me, formal education played a relatively small role in that. What helped mold me the most was just getting out there and working. I've worked in a number of different positions now. I've been a sales associate at Bath & Body Works (true story), a traveling intern for Christ in Youth - Know Sweat, a help desk specialist for Lincoln Christian University, and more. But my first job (if you don't count my manual labor work for my dad's HVAC business) was working at a Steak 'n Shake. I worked there for about a year in high school, primarily manning the drive thru, but I did have my hand in everything at one point or another. I work...

"Patience is a virtue." You've probably heard that statement a number of times. And I don't disagree: people tend to be unnecessarily impatient with trivial things these days. For this post, however, I suggest that the competency here would come as a balance between patience and impatience. In other words, impatience (in the right context) is also a virtue.

Worldview.  Religion.  Outlook.  Passion. Whatever word you choose, we all have some sort of identity. Some people are able to put a finger on that more easily, labeling themselves as Christian or Muslim. Some have a general sense of who they are, noting that they promote family values and being a good person. And then there's another category of people altogether. These people may not admit it to themselves, but there is a particular person, object, or idea that drives their entire lives.  This last group makes me nervous, especially when a person's identity becomes wrapped up in their job.

I'm a big fan of podcasts. I regularly listen to at least two podcasts every day, ranging from business to comedy to video gaming. Speaking of that last one, the best time to listen to podcasts (aside from exercise) is while playing a video game. Now, you can't just play any video game while listening to podcasts because it's just not conducive in every situation. For example, I would never suggest you play something like Call of Duty online while listening to a podcast. All your brainpower will go to the game and zero to the podcast. So when coming up with this list, I held to these couple of criterion for games suitable for simultaneous podcast: Can't be heavily story driven (Looking at you, Telltale Games) Can't be something that involves a ton of strategy Can't can't CAN'T be multiplayer Keeping these criterion in mind, here are five games I'd suggest you check out.

I don't like talking about politics. It's just a messy discussion. People get really heated about it, and it's understandable why. Our government has a big hand in our lives. (Personally, I would have loved to see economist Thomas Sowell run for president!) Yesterday marked the first day of President Trump's tenure in office. A lot of people are upset about it, sure. I wrote a post before talking about Trump's tactics to obtain the presidency , ending that post by offering some hope for his presidency. Because people are upset, I feel the need to reinforce that hope while still being candid about a very specific fear. One that has been largely unmentioned in the news. _________________________________________________________________________________

If you have a close eye, you'll notice that I've peppered in Tim Ferriss's name throughout many of my posts on this blog. I'm a big fan of his podcast, the aptly name The Tim Ferriss Show , as he sits down one-on-one with experts in each industry. Some of my favorite episodes include his interviews with Seth Godin and Sophia Amoruso. If you enjoy podcasting, check out that show. But enough with podcasting, we're here to talk about a book! Specifically, we're here to talk about Tim Ferriss's latest release, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers . You might be surprised to learn that this is the first of Ferriss's books I have read. I know he's famous for his other "Four-Hour" books, especially The Four-Hour Workweek , but I just haven't gotten around to reading them. Being an avid enthusiast of his podcast, you might be curious what I thought of his book, especially g...

We've all had an experience where somebody made a mistake. A waiter brings out a pizza that clearly that doesn't have the right toppings. A clerk gets us an article of clothing that is the wrong size. A family member picks up the wrong brand of something at the grocery store. (That last one is usually me doing the screwing up!)

I'm about to drop a truth bomb on you. Brace yourselves for it. Are you ready? Okay. Business college programs don't teach you everything you need to know about business. I know, I know, you're shocked. I'll give you a minute to regain your composure... ... Of course, I'm being factitious. We know (or, at least, should know) that business school cannot teach you everything there is to know about working in a business. This post focuses on a few things that I learned specifically from working in a few different office contexts. Even though the office environments I've worked in have been fairly large, the random tips below apply to any office of any size. Let's get into it!

I have a friend that used to work in a medium-sized organization with an absolutely brutal process for receiving expense approval. What made it brutal is the fact that the CEO took it upon herself to approve every single thing. This included anything ranging from reimbursing mileage for traveling employees to office supplies to toilet paper. Yes, toilet paper. That last point got so bad that one time the office did completely run out of toilet paper.

In 2017, my aspiration is to continually focus on positively influencing my health since the way I lost weight wasn't particularly recommended. The end of 2016 saw me gain back 10 pounds and brutally ravage my knees, so I'm going to be overhauling my health and wellness to maintain my weight loss without killing my body. This will be the first in a series of health-related posts, and I have created a new blog label to indicate that. Anyway, I'm still a big advocate of exercise, and I've been thinking a lot about the benefits of exercise beyond being obviously good for your physical health. I hope these extra benefits encourage you to regularly exercise in 2017 to promote your own health and wellness. Without further ado, let's get into it!

Holy cow! I can hardly believe it myself. We have made it to post #100. I wanted to take this opportunity to take a step back and measure how this blog has grown since post #50 and share how I plan to go about things in the near future. I do this because I do appreciate your feedback in helping to make this blog better, even if I've still not received a single comment on any post. 😅 Let's do a couple rapid bullets of what I've done since post #50.

As you are aware, I recently became a new dad to a precious little sweetie named Emma Allison Hundley. Most people with kids warned me that having kids changes your life and drains all your free time. They're not wrong: she has been a handful. But I still love her! She's super cute, and to prove so, check out the small collage of pictures below: Anyway, knowing that my free time would be drained, I embraced the idea that I probably wouldn't be able to churn out much new content as far as blog material goes. It turns out that I was fortunately wrong! If anything, I'm putting out more new content than ever. In thinking about my writing practices, I have developed a bit of a system where I spend less than 30 minutes actually writing each blog post . How do I get away with this? Check out my tips for efficient writing down below.

A few weeks back, I started a new series of posts called Adulting 101 directed at helping young professionals segue from college life to adult life. In the spirit of inspiration, I decided to Google if anybody had written any books along similar lines and happened to stumble across Kelly Williams Brown's book, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps . I actually drew direct inspiration in the first Adulting 101 post where I complemented her list of necessary tools to own with a list of non-obvious tools you should also own. Okay, enough with the self-promoting. We're here to talk about Kelly's book.  Without further ado, let's get into it!

Right before I graduated from undergrad, one of the best (and uncharacteristically bold) ideas I had was to sit down one-on-one with people well-seasoned in their careers to get a feel of what they would do or not do again coming right out of college. I met with professors, businessmen, and even tried to get an audience with a CEO of a company with thousands of employees. (Not the one I currently work for, for those curious.) Some of these situations had varying levels of awkwardness. On a smaller scale, the aforementioned CEO's secretary told me in so many words that he didn't have the time for me. (Fair enough.) On a more intimate level, I met with a few financial planners who tried taking advantage of the situation by up-selling me on their services. I even had one guy quickly dismiss me after he figured out I really wasn't interested in his services.

Hi there friends. I know it's been a little bit since I've done a book review, and it definitely hasn't been that I've stopped reading. Rather, I've been reading some pretty long books that have taken me a long way to get through. That said, I'm not happy with how my book review system works. Trying to confine a book into one category has been a pain in the neck, and I don't think it does the book justice at all.  To that end, I'm pretty much doing away with any universal scale at all in rating books. I'll still provide my personal thoughts on how much I liked the book or how beneficial I thought it was to life matters, but there won't be a "Summit It, Queue It, Skip It" label anymore. You're smart folks, so I trust you'll use your own judgment on whether or not you choose to read a certain book. Okay, that's it for this post. Be looking out for two book reviews coming soon: Adulting by Kelly Williams Brown and Tool...

Sometimes I lie awake at night and think about the most random things. Things that I had not thought about in years. Last night, I was recalling the first time I ever attended an all-adult bible study group. I was either 19 or 20 years old, and one of my old friends invited me to attend with her and her mom. I remember feeling really out of place, a kid living in an adult's body. "I shouldn't be here" is the thought that kept running through my head. The funny thing is, that's about all I remember about the experience. It must not have been that bad if I can't remember anything else!  Retrospectively thinking about how I could have gained respect as an adult at the time, I thought about the things I could have said or the ideas I could have shared with that group. After all, I had at least one year of biblical classes under my belt. Where I ended up was unexpected.

We're just now exiting the holiday season, and it was an extra special time for my wife and I as we welcomed a baby girl into our family last week. There is one thing the holidays and baby showers have in common: you get lots and lots of gifts. From the baby showers alone, I think my wife ended up sending over 100 thank you cards to all the people who gave us something! From the pile of things we received, there were a lot of great gifts, and, well... there were also some not-so-great gifts. Don't get me wrong, we are extremely grateful to everybody for everything they got us.  It got me thinking, though, that there are indeed categories of good gifts to give as well as categories of bad gifts to give, regardless of the holiday or occasion. We'll look at five categories from each side of the fence down below.

We're just now getting into the new year, and this is generally the time where people make grandiose resolutions that mostly end up falling flat. Instead of setting yourself an impossible resolution, I'm going to suggest something a little different: setting a micro-goal for yourself. I've been listening to a lot of talks involving Ramit Sethi lately, and in one of the interviews I listened to, he brought up an interesting notion he experienced. The notion was that people like that idea of seeing themselves doing any given thing on a regular basis, but the act of doing that thing even once is not appealing to them.

Whether we like it or not, assumptions pretty much drive our lives. We learn to live not because we have analyzed a certain matter thoroughly. Rather, much of what we know today was ingrained in us in our adolescent development. Some of these are more obvious. Take going to college, for example. When I graduated from high school, something like 90% of my graduating class planned on pursuing some sort of college education. Even if my parents didn't encourage me to go to college (they did), it still seemed like the thing I needed to do. But some things aren't so obvious. There are subtle things people do and say that guide our choices in a way we are oblivious to.