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Dec 11, 20233 min read

Take Out The Trash

How many times have you heard that you need to get people out of your life that suck? Look around...They still there? Statements are only...

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Mark Craven

Dec 4, 20232 min read

The Storm

Sometimes life kicks the dog shit out of you... but there's still hope Life can be brutal. It can really rip you in half and just keep...

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Mark Craven

Apr 29, 20232 min read

A Simple Powerful Truth

Were you ever just hit with a really simple truth? “You’re here for a reason” That sounds so cliché I almost can’t stand it. But for some...

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Mark Craven

May 4, 20222 min read

Find Yourself Again

Somewhere along the way you got lost To reconnect with yourself means to remember who you are. Remember what you like. You did like...

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Mark Craven

Apr 25, 20223 min read

Showing Up for Yourself

You can do very little for other people, if you haven't done enough for you It's a bit too easy to get caught up with the waves of life...

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Mark Craven

Aug 8, 20212 min read

Find Your Gift

Photo by Scott Evans on Unsplash Why should you spend any time looking for and working on your strengths and gifts? What's the payoff?...

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Mark Craven

Apr 12, 20212 min read

Redirection

You start on some paths with absolute certainty that this is where you’re supposed to be. But then you hit a few bumps, and your...

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3 Things You Don't Need To Be A Good Dad

Mark Craven

Jan 6, 20213 min read

3 Things You Don't Need To Be A Good Dad

I was always of the mindset that if I had a kid, all of my dreams would die. That’s a pretty bright outlook on fatherhood isn’t it? I...

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Mark Craven

Nov 2, 20201 min read

This isn't what I thought 35 would look like. I didn't realize that becoming a dad would be so important to me. I didn't realize I had it...

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Mark Craven

Sep 25, 20201 min read

An Awfully Big Adventure

Kai is my proof that magic exists. Becoming a dad was something that I always feared. I feared it for a number of reasons. One being that...

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Mark Craven

May 21, 20202 min read

In-Ground Pool

Today my cousin Vicky called me at 7am. She knew I’d be awake and I was. She told me that Lefty had passed away. Well she said that “pap”...

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There’s Nothing More Important Than Family

Mark Craven

May 2, 20202 min read

There’s Nothing More Important Than Family

My younger cousin is graduating from college. Penn State University Class of 2020 School of Engineering. I’m so proud of this dude I...

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Mark Craven

Apr 24, 20202 min read

Quarantine

I hate this so much. There isn’t one part of me that that finds anything appealing about where we are right now. Shut in from friends and...

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Mark Craven

Apr 17, 20202 min read

I Don’t Ever Give Up

Does that resonate with you? It didn’t matter how much had come against you in previous pursuits, you just kept getting up and doing what...

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Mark Craven

Apr 9, 20202 min read

In The Same Year

So much can happen in just a year. It was within this last year that, first I went bankrupt and then I got hired in the highest paying...

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Mark Craven

Mar 19, 20202 min read

We Have To Hope

The last thing I’m feeling right now is hopeful. What I’m mostly feeling right now is what most of us are probably feeling right now…...

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Mark Craven

Mar 8, 20202 min read

How to Handle the Intangible

What if I handed you a strange looking object that you really weren’t sure about? You didn’t know what it was, what it did, what it could...

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Mark Craven

Mar 7, 20203 min read

The Dad I Didn't Have

I’m going to be a dad. And I’m going to be a dad to a boy. Erin and I found out that we were going to have a baby back in December. When...

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Mark Craven

Feb 22, 20201 min read

Why Not You?

Don’t answer that! It’s a stupidly easy question to answer. I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources. I don’t have the talent....

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Mark Craven

Feb 13, 20202 min read

Maintaining Mediocrity

A good friend at my recent book signing looked down at the five books I had on display at the signing table and asked, “How the hell do...

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