Mark Masavage

04/22/20

Before the beginning of the year, I sat down and figured out my goals for 2020. Just like I said I was going to do in Goal Setting: What happened in 2019, I limited them to three and emphasized action over achievement. I even went as far as to study James Clear’s Atomic Habits to help me overcome…

04/19/20

If you are looking for a good laugh, you need to follow John Wooley, aka @makewoodsgreatagain. He is a CrossFit enthusiast and satirist. His humor hits home to those of us who are long past our competitive prime but still hold onto our high-school athletic dreams. He swipes fun at everything from CrossFitter’s unnatural desire for…

A woman walking down a road with your hands crossed over her head in a stretch. It is a fall morning. Brown leaves outline the rode, and the sunrises in the east. It is part of her morning routine.
01/31/20

Typically, our day begins at the time we get out of bed. For some, this might be early in the morning, and for others, it will be later in the day. It all depends on our schedules, but universally this is the start of the day, and it should begin with a routine–a morning routine. …

A lady in performing yoga on a roof of a building outline in a city scape. A caption reads, Daily habits are the keys to unlocking a successful and meaningful life.
01/28/20

Our days are full of activity. Some of those actions lead to positive consequences, while others end up being destructive. To avoid the destruction, planning each day will favorably tip the scales, but creating daily habits will ensure a lifetime of satisfaction.  What follows are sixteen daily habits, split into four aspects of life that…

A group of climbers ascending a arduous mountain trail. An overlay reads, "Pursue Your LIfe's Purpose: if you don't take steps to get there, knowing where you are going is worthless."
01/12/20

In Life Purpose: Defining Yours Is Important, the first article in the series, I provided reasons why we should define our life’s purpose, and in Life Purpose: How to Define Yours, I outlined a process to help you craft a life-purpose statement. In this article, we are going to put it all together by exploring ways to…

A solemn man, sitting on top of a large rock high above a forest, contemplating his life's purpose.
01/04/20

In the first article of this series, Life Purpose: Defining Yours Is Important, I provided an argument to define your life’s purpose and a definition with characteristics of a meaningful purpose statement. In this article, we will go a little further with the idea and explore a process to help with identifying your own.  Let’s begin….

members of a fitness community doing rowing intervals
12/19/19

I belong to a great fitness community, and it has helped me stay on-track and motivated. We playfully call ourselves the fitness mafia, and we have seen members come and go and come back. There are no fees, other than the occasional bombardment of text messages. So, it’s simple and basic. We post a workout,…

Prioritize Fitness
12/17/19

Prioritize your fitness to find greater enjoyment in your life. Many of us like to use the lack of time as an excuse when it actually is a matter of priority.

Life Purpose
12/09/19

Have you ever had a feeling of being lost as you wondered through your day? You wake up, get dressed, make breakfast, and walk out the door to go to work. The day starts the same as any other, and it goes nowhere different fast!

If so, define a life purpose and start to enjoy life.

Goal Setting
11/25/19

Goal Setting, sometimes I wonder if it is an exercise in futility. At the end of last year, I sat down and formulated seven specific goals. They ranged from spiritual goals–pray a decade of the Rosary every morning–to a host of fitness goals. I categorized them into two groups, habit or achievement. I even went…