Daniel Levinson studied the lives of hundreds of adult men and discovered that we actually are a lot like children. (No “I told you so”, ladies.) Just as children progress through clear stages of development, so Levinson discovered that men do too.
Every stage is given a name and detailed in The Seasons of a Man’s… 
Archive for December 2012
Mid-Life Crisis: The Dream & The Ladder
A Football Analogy & A Compliment
In an effort to earn back my Man Card after all those cake decorating posts, I joined a fantasy football league. And I’m in first place heading into the play-offs. Boom.
But this isn’t a post about my fantasy football skillz. This is a post about progressions and the importance of working them…or knowing someone who… 
How To Make A Christmas List
“Can you help me make my Christmas list?” he asks. He’s asked a few times now.
I remind him again that it’s not his birthday and that…he interrupts.
“I know.” He’s angry. I lecture instead of listen.
“No, you don’t know. I want you to sit down at the table right now -”
“Dad,” he says.
“No,” I say, “I… 



