Author Archives: Stylish 🍒

Back in 2008, I enrolled in Financial Peace University at my home church, Greensburg Alliance. Then it was a 13 week course and it was going to teach me: how to do a budget, buying on credit, insurance, saving for retirement (at 27 far from my mind), and real estate 🏡. I got through theContinue reading “Financial Peace University”

What is the one thing most scientists 🥼 agree on? It’s that our lives are moving in the direction of our most dominant thought and what we focus on the most. If we make our strongest thoughts about what people think of us, we’re going to feel inferior about ourselves. If we depend on othersContinue reading “Going in the Direction of our Thoughts”

What a great contest yesterday. It’s been such a great run these last three weeks in Division C. From State College to Johnstown to Oakmont, I’ve been everywhere. Now that the area run is done, we all know who’s going back to Johnstown March 28. It was a quiet week but work was so crazyContinue reading “Stylish March Preview”

Another stylish Saturday, another stylish area contest. Today I completed the Division C run of area contests by attending the joint Area 23 & 24 contest. I got some breaking news early when I found out I was going to be in the International Speech contest. It was going to be an exciting contest. ThirdContinue reading “Stylish Area 23/24 Contest”

I almost didn’t want to come because the day ran too long. I was going to come up with some excuse why I wouldn’t make it to the meeting. I was too tired. I needed some self care. But then we left at a decent time and traffic wasn’t so bad on the Parkway. IContinue reading “Stylish Greensburg Meeting #3”

This was a great weekend. I talked to some girls at White Rabbit. We had a well-attended Area contest in Johnstown despite the cold and snow. Finally, I made some new acquaintances at church. I leveled up socially this weekend. You could say this whole leveling up started on Thursday night with me attending theContinue reading “Leveling up Socially”

February has come to an end and we are less than three weeks away from the official start of Spring. Contest season is in full swing with four contests going on Saturday. I was in attendance for two over the last week. But before I review those two contests, let’s do a rewind of lastContinue reading “Stylish Week in Review #6”

Just two days ago, I attended a great speech contest at the Cranberry Municipal Building. Would today’s Area 21 contest at Pitt-Johnstown be just as good or even better? It was way better. In the past, we were lucky to get two contestants in each competition. International Speech had six contestants. Evaluation had four. IContinue reading “Stylish Johnstown Contest”

It was a great night in Cranberry Township. The Area 13 International Speech and Evaluation contest took place at the Cranberry Municipal Building. Our contest chair, Stephanie Scott, and chief judge, Elizabeth Carter, organized a great contest that included great food and drink. I braved the snow and cold to support great friends in theContinue reading “Stylish Cranberry Area Contest”

Yesterday in her Motivation Monday video, Vanessa talked about leveling up over the next 30 days. What better thing to do with a new month starting in a few days. She said we should go outside our comfort zone and try something different. While rock climbing 🧗‍♂️ is new to me, I’m not quite readyContinue reading “Leveling Up Spiritually”