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! During a visit with Anthony Ferraro (way back in 2018!) he told me he had posted an article on LinkedIn (found here). After a congratulatory fist bump I commented that I had an idea for an article but lacked the know-how and ‘courage’ to post it. Well, Anthony told me what a great idea it was and tried to encourage me to write it up. After several months and many attempts I posted my first article in December 2018 entitled “The Two Wallets” -Thank you, Anthony!

Fast forward several years (seven, actually 🤷🏻‍♂️) to a couple of months ago. After looking through a journal I had written while my wife and I were dating, over 20 yrs ago, and amused on how I have and have not changed, I was a little saddened that I haven’t kept up on journaling over the past few years. So I invented a slogan, default.journal, to help me choose journaling instead of scrolling on my iPhone during our morning routine. A couple successful weeks rolled by and we started discussing other things we could ‘default’ in our lives, like more water, going outdoors, rucking, etc…all things to help us be less “techie” and more healthy.

Now, I have never been one to keep a strangle-hold on information and ideas that I thought would be helpful to others or even just ‘advice’ or anecdotes to make a point. So, from my desire to share what I have learned through my lived experience with others, my default.life blog was born! Here on my blog you will find my thoughts, ideas, ponderings, and curiosities that I hope you and others can perhaps benefit from.

Driving the other morning on my territory journeys out to Pittsburgh and recalling how Anthony had given me the encouragement I needed those many years ago to step outside my comfort zone and publish an article, it dawned on me that I have a website and a blog section that could be used to help encourage and inspire others to publish their own blogs and allow me to give back to all those who have helped me throughout the years to become a better person! So, my challenge and my gift for you - publish your own blogs on www.mydefaultlife.com! The process is very easy: on the upper left corner of mydefaultllife you’ll find a ‘submit guest.blog’ button that will take you to our submissions page. Type out your thoughts and submit…easy as ordering a hot, black coffee! 😍 ☕️

For many people stepping outside their comfort zone and drawing attention to themselves may be a high-anxiety prospect, so to help you break that shell I have included the option to post anonymously!

Please keep the blogs clean and free of defamation and make them anecdotal/amusing if you can. Otherwise, please share with the world! All I ask is - after you submit, please share my site/social with friends, family and colleagues and support mydefaultlife.com by buying something from the store (more products are on their way!) The items are meant to inspire you to ‘right your ship’ and help you choose your default.life!

most sincerely - Jay