qualitytimecommuni

I recently was introduced to a relatively new song called “Another Day Old” by Eddie Dalton. The song and its lyrics fit very well with my QTR, Quality Time Remaining, philosophy. It’s a bluesy song about getting older without treating aging as a tragedy. The narrator (there is a reason I am calling him a narrator) acknowledges the physical realities of age. Things take a little longer, our bodies change, and life doesn’t always turn out as planned. But he gradually arrives at a different...

“It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ’n’ roll.” That line comes from the classic AC/DC song “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll).” It is especially memorable because somehow AC/DC figured out how to combine hard rock, electric guitars, and bagpipes. The song is about the grind required to make it. Long roads, bad conditions, paying your dues, and getting knocked around a little along the way. In other words, the good stuff often requires the climb. That seems like...

One of my favorite parts of QTR is anticipation. An adventure doesn’t have to begin when you get on the airplane. Sometimes it can begin months earlier, simply because you decide you want to participate rather than just observe. Back in May, I was in Paris for a week. I already knew that Randa Tang and I would be heading to Nashville later in the summer for a family wedding. It was going to be a combination of a traditional Western wedding and a Hindu wedding. I didn’t want to just show up...