We recently started back on the road for a fall filled with speaking gigs. One thing Jason talks about is to "Stop living by rules that don't exist." This is a major way to fight your Adultitis. Living by this philosophy is exactly what gives the typical two-year-old the bad rap as "terrible." In defense of parents of toddlers everywhere, let me point out that two-year-olds are in the business of testing everything, discovering the world around them and how they fit into it... which doesn't always look pretty. Jason and I joke that inevitably there's always a two or three-year-old throwing a …
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Tip of the Week: Says You
This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is: #3: Says You: Do something that is typically seen as inappropriate for someone of your age. You've seen the movie, "Big" with Tom Hanks? (If you haven't, you need to do that before attempting this challenge.) Tom definitely sells his role as a 12-year-old stuck in an adult's body/life. The classic scene, of course, is when Tom and Robert Loggia play the big piano at the toy store. Jason got a chance to try out that same type of piano at FAO Schwarz this past week while visiting the big apple. He took off his shoes and placed …
Acting Young
Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it. - Mark Cuban Whether you liked him in office or not, former President George H.W. Bush Sr. is a great example of what this quote it all about. This picture is from his sixth jump, at the age of 83, just less than a year after a hip replacement. What kind of jump should you be making? (Thanks, Phil, for sharing this quote!) …
Tip of the Week: Rebel With a Cause
This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is #9: Rebel With a Cause: Do one thing today to support a cause or issue you really care about. Do you have a cause that tugs at your heart strings so much that it will bring you to tears (or close to it) in the matter of seconds? Whatever that cause or issue is, I hope you're taking the time to share your gifts and talents in support of it. In the spirit of this week's tip, I'm going to do the challenge, myself, by sharing with you about something cool happening this week, on a TV near you! …
Eating Ice Cream for a Living
It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. Our friend Brett continues on his quest to interview people who are passionate about their jobs. He recently posted a video featuring Ray Karam who has one of the most demanding and difficult jobs for Coldstone Creamery. He's the Senior Tastemaster. His job is to taste, innovate, and create new flavors of ice cream. He gets paid to eat ice cream. Every. Single. Day. …
Tip of the Week: You’re Not The Boss of Me
This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is: #11: You're Not The Boss of Me: Do something your parents would never let you do as a child. I was convinced my mom and dad were the strictest parental units on the block. They never let me do anything... or so I thought. Looking back I realize just how distorted my perspective was. Attempting to keep me alive in and one piece into adulthood, their rules were mainly about safety and respect. (Thanks Mom and Dad!) So, this challenge continues to stump me from time to time. A few weeks ago a woman named Cheri left a comment on …
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an interview with…Peggy Willenberg
(This is an excerpt of an interview from the Kim & Jason magazine with Peggy Willenberg, who is one half of the duo known as “The Twister Sisters.” Peggy and her friend Melanie Metz started chasing twisters together in 2001. They’ve been involved with two documentaries for The National Geographic Channel, and enjoyed their own series on WE TV.) Kim & Jason: How did you and Melanie meet and how did you become known as the Twister Sisters? Peggy: We actually met twice. The first time, Mel attended a Skywarn class I was instructing. It was my first time to present a class and I …
Say Cheese
Pictures from your childhood are simply priceless. They often remind you of different parts of your life that you may have forgotten... like the specific toys you used to play with, your dad's old station wagon with the wooden panels, or your favorite t-shirt or polyester plaid pants. The coolest thing about old pictures is the spirit of childhood that is captured on paper... that unapologetic, unfailing enthusiasm for life. There is a very cool project online, YOUNGME - NOWME, put out by Ze Frank and Erik Kastner. They invited adults to try to recreate a pose and picture from childhood …
How To Be An Action Hero
One of my blog posts recently received a very intriguing comment. It was loaded with interesting observations and great questions and I wanted to address them here. As much as I love reading your website, and others like yours, I have realized that reading about it, and actually doing something about it is 2 different matter. Believe me, I've been a long-term reader of sites such as yours and am always comforted by the fact that there are people out there like you. I also talk about your sites, and my thoughts with my friends. But lately, my friends have come to the conclusion that, yes, …
My New Favorite Word
I've got a new favorite word. Unadulterated. I used it in a post recently and it struck me that "adult" is smack dab in the middle of the word. (Call me slow to catch on.) Of course, I always knew that "adult" was in the word "unadulterated," but I never took the time to consider the connection between that little fact and the actual definition of the word. …