by Ryan Lanier | Feb 23, 2021 | Ryan's Blog
Feb 23, 2020 — Sitting in a warm house, with water and electricity, and the temperatures well above freezing at last, I can share about last week…but this won’t be one of my funny posts. Because there’s NOTHING FUNNY about what Texas went...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ryan Lanier | Feb 16, 2021 | Ryan's Blog
Feb 15, 2021 — Yesterday, we woke up to deeply sub-freezing temps here in Austin, as well as a crazy amount of snow covering the already present ice. Being un-used to (or in complete denial?) of the extremity of the weather, we had neglected to drip the faucets....				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ryan Lanier | Feb 9, 2021 | Ryan's Blog
Feb 9, 2021 — Good news from last Friday: My youngest child’s driving permit acquired. Hallelujah, y’all! Oh, but not without drama. Not without sweating. Not without a bit of anxiety-fueled high-pitched voices (mostly mine). I even wrote in my...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ryan Lanier | Feb 1, 2021 | Ryan's Blog
Feb 1st, 2020 – First of all, a quick HBD shoutout to my little brother, Matt, who turns 46 this week…I love you, bro!! Now on to the topic at hand. If you’ve bought and/or read my book, thank you!! #theCALMMethod is here for you…and this week...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ryan Lanier | Jan 26, 2021 | Ryan's Blog
January 26, 2021 – One of my favorite books, The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson is so good…when I read it, I was ROCKED by the basic premise: So easy to do, so easy NOT to do: We are always micro-improving or we are always micro-failing, so we must continually...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ryan Lanier | Jan 22, 2021 | Ryan's Blog
Jan 21st, 2021 – I have this long list of previously ordinary things that I really miss: Hugging people outside of my immediate family, inviting people into my home to share food and fun, going to live music venues, when there wasn’t plexi-glass...