by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 18, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
It’s no fun learning something new about yourself and then realizing that what you have discovered is a pretty big issue. I discovered and realized today that I worship the god of success. I don’t know whether to laugh out loud or cry. I say laugh out...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 21, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
Is it a blog cop-out to make a blog post into a list? Over the years in truck I got into listening to podcasts. First a few a week and then depending on the day sometimes listening to podcasts 6-7 hours a day. I have probably listen to a few 1000 hours of podcasts...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 6, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
I had a really cool career once. I successfully turned my hobby of keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets into a business and a fairly successful business at that. But I had a nagging question the whole time. What do I want to be/do when I grow up. So I literally...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 2, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog, Personal Reflection
I think it goes without saying that there are inherent risks for sure. But as I write this post I am still employed and do one of the more dangerous jobs in North America. An average of 100 police officers die in the line of duty in the US each year. And close to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 29, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog, Personal Reflection
That’s right; I plan to cycle and live on the road looking for a new place to sleep virtually every night for the next three years of my life. That can be a difficult concept/reality to overcome. I am pretty sure that it is a pretty scary thought to most...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 8, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
Determination, self-sacrifice and daily lifestyle choices. For much of my life these three choices have overtaken much of my life and lifestyle. Even with dead ends, u-turns and scenic routes these past eight years I have held on with stubborn determination this...
