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10/4/20: COS Bike adventure blog post HERE

9/23/20: Bike To Work Day/ Bike to Wherever Week — info on tax commuter benefit… link HERE.

9/16/20: Interview with the Settlement Nation Podcast, listen in HERE.

9/8/20: Interview with the Bike Ride Podcast talking about the thread of bikes in my life. Listen HERE.

9/3/20: 9News Sentencing coverage of the Chuck Vogel case- click HERE

8/26/20: Sentencing hearing login information for Friday 8/28/20 sentencing hearing :

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8/11/20: Bicycling Magazine: How to Avoid Drivers With Road Rage — click HERE

8/5/20: GoFarm Harvest Dinner — click HERE

8/5/20: DA offices are not using the new VRU law — click HERE

7/28/20: Golden US 6 & Heritage Interchange Design meeting and planning — click HERE

7/27/20: WSJ, Mental Resilience Can Help You Through the Coronavirus Pandemic — click HERE

7/4/20: Bicycle Industry Employers Assoc (BIEA) — click HERE

6/26/20: Bicycle Magazine, It’s Time to Support These Cycling Orgs Pushing for More Racial Diversity — click HERE

Plotting out a very fun weekend bike adventure ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ... #butfirstsnacks . . . #realfood @craftedenergy ?
Eternally thankful for friends who include me in their family walks and in their kids’ lives. Tonight’s time w/longtime and dear friends- having candid conversations about real life stuff- charged my ?? right up. Not to mention, I got to read Freddie B his bedtime stories ???? #reallifeisbeautiful #denvercolorado #friendslikefamily #thatbiketho #startemyoung
For differing reasons and at differing times, I think we’re all feeling a little bit like this ????lately. This year has felt uphill - no doubt. Tackle it one step at a time. Eat the proverbial elephant one bite at a time. #doAnythingButNothing ?????? #keepgoing #forward
I’ve spent a lot of time this year getting clear on my values. Because #ifnotnowthenwhen IMHO ...many of us experience that heart-twisting kind of tension in life because our actions aren’t in alignment with our *actual* values. We say we value family, and then we spend all of our time at work (or on work). We say we value health, but we drink to excess. We say we value saving and financial security, but we spend often and save little.... ??‍♀?. And sometimes we find ourselves in relationships where we are not even close to values alignment. What then? What are your TRUE values when you allow yourself to be really honest? Where is the bulk of your time/energy/money/talent spent? What energizes you? What do you use as your ?? when it’s time to make hard decisions? My coach @soulbbatical sent me a long list of values compiled by @brenebrown and instructed me to look at the list ... Cross off the ones that didn’t resonate. Then cross off more. Then do the hard work of narrowing to 2-3 max. Gulp. Harder than it sounds. Ask: When am I at my best? These 3 surfaced to the top. Well- “make a difference” was my second but I realized after a few more weeks of using these to guide my decisions, that connection is actually my second driver. No wrong answers here- just the honest truth. When I am healthy - connected- authentic... I am at my best. When faced with two options to choose from- I default to my values to make the decision. As Shelley says- “choose your values over validation.” Stop seeking external approval- permission- validation- affirmation - of yourself and the decisions you make and how you live your life. Choose your top values. You already know. Your gut is never wrong. What are your top values in life in this current season? Are you genuinely living them? ?? Link to values list: https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Values.pdf
Bike —> ?? —> ?? *choose joy* . . . #ridemoredriveless #optoutside
Happy National Coffee Day! ?? My morning coffee ritual consists of either using the espresso machine to make an americano or hand-grinding beans and doing pour-over style, then blending it the @bulletproof way... I’ve been doing the BP-coffee thing since 2018 when I decided I wanted to kick my “cream & sugar” problem. Making it the BP way, blended, adds some flavor and froth to the top (without any sugar to hijack my insulin levels first thing in the morning). I’ve noticed an increase in energy, w/more sustained energy during the day, as well as increased brain engagement. Lately, I’ve been making them decaf BP coffees to experiment with removing caffeine from my morning... The result has been a calmer steadier start, less frenetic typing ??, and more control over reactions to things like awful emails. I’ve been talking a lot lately about routines and rituals ... this is one of my favorite parts of my morning routine;) *I got this cute mug from my friend @andiburnumart years ago and every time I use it I think of her ?? ????. (One more reason to curate your mug collection and only keep the good ones!). #butfirstcoffee #coffee_inst #coffeeculture #coffeegram #coffeelover #coffeeoftheday #coffeeshots #cupsinframe #howiseemycoffee #ig_coffee #pourover #nationalcoffeeday #morningroutine #bulletproofcoffee
I woke up this morning thinking of an event I attended two years ago- an Ethos seminar presented by Rick Friedman for trial lawyers.... this was on the wall and I recall how it felt when I read it- it felt like a punch ?? to the gut. Oof. I’m happy (and grateful) to say that two years later, after becoming very intentional about living my life by design, I can no longer identify with that poster. . . . If not now- when?
Top 5 reasons to wear a base layer: 1- you feel like a superhero with your jersey unzipped flapping alongside you, while keeping your front side covered. ??‍♀? 2- it adds extra warmth when the temps drop a bit but you still want to rock a short sleeve jersey. #layers 3- maybe it’s where the gorgeous graphics are located, which you may or may not decide to show the world but it makes you happy regardless ( ?? art by Luis Soto). 4- if you find yourself racing, say, criteriums or track races at some point and you unfortunately find yourself in a crash, having a base layer under your jersey may save you some back/shoulder/hip skin (sadly - a lesson affirmed w/ personal experience). 5- it helps prevent ?? from flying down your jersey (also, sadly, a lesson learned the hard way). . . Kit by @champsys use code MEGAN10 to save $ on your next order. Like our RISE ?? kit above? Stay tuned- we’ll have a shop link posted soon so you can order it!
Downright chilly here today so, yeah, we closed the windows and donned our favorite sweaters. ?? ?? ??. . . . #pawscrossed #pittieparty #alwayscoldclub #sweaterweather
????this! This book left me inspired- reinvigorated- focused. ?? @frugalwoods ????
I just finished this book and really enjoyed it. It fired me up and inspired me—I love it when people design lives they LOVE- on purpose- and go after it ?? % all-in. Here are some of my favorite quotes: “Once you begin down the road of frugalizing, it’s nearly impossible to stop. It becomes a game, a competition, and an invigorating challenge. You get to win at your own life.” “Letting go of caring what other people thought enabled me to figure out what I really wanted out of life, not what society wanted out of my life. I came to understand that, in the end, the only person who truly cares how you live your life is you.” “Too often, the arc of our lives and the very substance of what we do day after day is dictated to us by our jobs, our debt, and our stuff. Frugality enables us to wrest back control.” “The real freedom of choice is to turn our backs on consumption. You’re not exerting your free will in spending money, you’re turning your free will over to someone else.... so many of us put choice of material possessions ahead of choice over how we spend our lives.” **And my top fave: “joy is not a ‘done’ to-do list; it’s the ability to appreciate and savor the simplicity of each day’s routine. ????To know that you’re living as close to your ideal as possible. Every. Single. Day.” . . . 5?? - highly recommend this book.
?? I really should post about my girls more often. #becausedogsrule