30: Man Up Archive

• 2December 16, 2009

  Could this be rock bottom? It very well may be

  I am going to tell you something that I’m not proud of. No bragging, no boasting, no real humor about...

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• 0November 15, 2009

  Manning up means down with the pounds

  Weight loss has always been the starting and stopping point for me. I see it, rightly or wrongly, as the...

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• 2October 29, 2009

  Stepping into the “real” world needs an alarm clock

  The waking up at truly morning hours. The showering with the lights on. The buttoning a crisp white shirt over...

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• 0October 23, 2009

  Blindside shot can’t knock me down

  You could say the Man Up saga took a little detour this week, what with me getting canned from my...

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• 0October 16, 2009

  Maybe not at first glance, but things HAVE changed since 13

  I’ve made a few strides in the manning up department. It’s slow progress, to be sure, but slow progress is...

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• 1October 5, 2009

  A life is judged by actions

  The last week has been rough. Really rough. Belly flopping on broken glass rough. And it’s all my fault.

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• 2September 24, 2009

  The next year is turning into a massive to-do list

  How do I become a real man? What does that even mean?

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• 1September 10, 2009

  Time to turn in big-and-tall membership card

  The first mission is losing weight. To me, that’s the biggest part of this whole thing. Why? Well, if you’ve...

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• 0September 4, 2009

  I’m no man … well, not just yet

  I just stared at myself naked in the mirror for 10 minutes. Wanna know what I saw?

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