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Welcome to My Default Life
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blogs written by Jay and Nicole
default.giving-back!
Can I blog? Should I blog? …a challenge and gift to you! As a territory manager I’m fortunate to interface with so many great people!...
Jay Dunkle
Aug 22, 20253 min read
default.black (finding your baseline)
Is that chair black or navy blue?!? During a recent trip to Hocking Hills we stayed at an AirBnB with a lovely second-story deck...
Jay Dunkle
Aug 17, 20252 min read
default.measure-twice!
“ Measure twice and cut once…this sh*t’s expensive! ” - a real estate developer At beautiful Topsail Island, NC around the year 1998, I...
Jay Dunkle
Aug 10, 20252 min read
default.the-sands-of-time
“ Back to the office…all of you…5 days a week! ” passionately yours, the CEO You can like it or not; you can argue for or against it; and...
Jay Dunkle
Aug 1, 20252 min read
default.mind-less
Upon getting back to our Air BnB around 12:30 following a couple long morning hikes my son grabbed a freezer sandwich, threw it in the...
Jay Dunkle
Jul 26, 20252 min read
default.be-human
Right now Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage. I’m not certain why and I often wonder if I’m the only one who has seen the movie...
Jay Dunkle
Jul 20, 20252 min read
default.there's an app for that
Those of us who have teenagers behind the wheel of a car know the feeling of that phone call that can only mean something is wrong! 😬 My...
Jay Dunkle
Jul 20, 20252 min read
default.breathe (lessons from an ice maker)
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Yes, it does! If an ice maker has a lesson to teach,...
Jay Dunkle
Jul 11, 20252 min read
default.focus
For many companies July 1st is the start of Business Quarter 3; half the year has now swept by and considerations for the remainder of...
Jay Dunkle
Jul 8, 20252 min read
default.listen (get to the bank!)
June 27th, 10am, 71*F, Nelsonville, OH. I was out with six of my kids for a nice lazy morning river ride on inner tubes. The sun wasn’t...
Jay Dunkle
Jul 3, 20253 min read
default.pb&j (simplicity)
I saw it all in my mind’s eye: my GoRuck filled with snacks and a GR2 field case with the medic patch and complete with tourniquet,...
Jay Dunkle
Jun 29, 20252 min read
default.organize
Everyone has hopefully heard the phrase “a place for everything, and everything in it’s place”. When I was younger I thought those who...
Jay Dunkle
Jun 22, 20252 min read
default.that-dad
About 5 years ago I was working late at the office and a colleague who was also working late walked by and said “go home, be dad!” …so I...
Jay Dunkle
Jun 15, 20251 min read
default.journey
This journey began one day when I realized, like many others, that I reached for my phone before I reached for my coffee. I then began to...
Jay Dunkle
Jun 15, 20251 min read
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