The Everyday Advantage
Sustainable growth for a centered life
The Everyday Advantage is a space for thoughtful exploration and intentional growth. With book reviews, meaningful meditations, and curated resources, we offer practical tools to help you find balance and live with purpose.
Our goal isn’t about doing more its about learning to live better.
Into Thin Air – Book Review
On May 10, 1996, I was dreaming about what life would be like after graduating high school in a couple of days. At the same time, on the other side of the world, 19 climbers were fighting for their lives in the bitter cold of...
Running for My Life – Book Review
I have a love/hate relationship with running. I hate running, but I love having run. About a month ago, in a desperate attempt to add some interest to my upcoming run, I came across Lopez Lomong‘s story through the Nike Plus app. I spent the...
Importance of Public Power
Along with work sessions and budget meetings, one of the things that Commissioners do is attend a couple of different conferences on behalf of the city. This week, I am learning more about public power at the Florida Municipal Electric Association conference in Bonita Springs. ...
Book Review – The Master Plan
Chris Wilson's story is one you should know. He provides a no-holds-barred account of it in his book, "The Master Plan". Sentenced as a teenager to life in prison, Wilson isn't abandoned to despair. In fact, it's just the opposite. ...
Bartow’s Crime Rate – The Rest of the Story
Recently an article appeared in The Ledger that identified Bartow as Polk County’s new crime “hot spot”. While the facts represented in the story are accurate (we have had a recent uptick, especially in property crimes), the article doesn’t tell all of the story. In...
Protecting Local Self Government
The legislative session in Florida has not even begun and city leaders are already having to defend our right to local self government. If you have spent any time around one of Bartow’s City Commissioners, you have undoubtably heard us talk about the importance of...
Meet Maggie
The girls made a quick trip downtown to pick up a few things from Bealls Outlet and somehow managed to come home with a dog. ? After a year long battle with seizures, our beloved Scout passed away in October. We’ve been waiting for the...