Prioritize working on the body and mind

Air Traffic Control Tower When you see an air traffic control tower, while looking out the window of your flight, that tall structure with the dark tinted windows at the top, you may wonder what the people inside it actually do.  You may have an  idea of what goes on up in the top of that thing.  You may think about people talking back and forth with pilots, shouting across the room, and keeping track of airplanes all of over the place. Sometimes that is the environment, but most of the time, when the day is routine, a tower cab is a relatively calm and relaxed environment, even at very busy facilities Sometimes, like many jobs, air traffic can moments of excitement, stress, and sometimes complete panic, although much of the time it's kind of boring. The stress of two planes coming together is not the type of stress I feel on a daily basis, it's another type of stress that is common with many other jobs.  Air traffic control can leave controllers feeling a prolonged,...

" I pretend everyday is BUD/s" -David Goggins I can't remember exactly what article or video I was watching when I came across this phrase by David Goggins.  I don't think it's one of his famous quotes; I haven't looked into it.  But this is a phrase that hit me because a short time before coming across this, I started writing on this blog, The main idea and theme was the same as the quote.   After I left the CCT, I continued to live like I was in some sort of special ops training program, just like I did before I joined the Air Force.  I continued to swim, run and do some sort of weight or calisthenic program.  Although I drifted occasionally from it, I always returned and stayed consistent. This simple mindset has kept me in shape for years, even with the most sedentary job you can imagine, an air traffic controller. I would call this a success because it's not easy to remain in really good shape, especially being married, and being a father of three....

  A few self inflicted problems for your enjoyment A few minor roadblocks as a CCT trainee With all the challenges people must face in special ops training, sometimes we're own worst enemies. Sometimes things happen beyond our own control; the core of any special operator's life. Sometimes we can get injured.  Sometimes we get in trouble.  And sometimes, we just  can't catch on to the fire hose of information that is forced down our throats every day. Yeah, this type of training is hard; so hard that it's an expectation most people don't make it through. Most people realize that part, but what they might not think about is life.  Life still happens in training just like it happens in the real world.   You know that stuff that happens that you don't plan for? When you're on your way to work and get a flat tire.  When all three of your kids are sick, you just worked all day, and your wife had plans to go out, so no free time for you?  I'm going...

  We all go through our own personal, unique struggles in the exciting yet uncertain times of our young lives.  In the current book I'm writing, which seems like I'll never finish, I describe many of my hardships as a young man trying to figure out my life. The book titled The Spaces in Between documents the challenges I faced during my early childhood and into my early twenties.   The thing is, my life has always been good.  After putting all things into perspective at the present time, I know I have, and currently am, very fortunate.  But, try telling this to me when I was younger! I don't know what will become of this book, but I'm glad I could document memories from my early life and combat control training into something I can pass along in the future. I like trying to be creative, so I put fiction parts about things obviously not true, like flying through the solar system to Jupiter's moon, Europa. This is taken from a part of the book that describes ...