Category: mentoring

• Daily Prompt 12/16

  Tell us one thing you hope people never say about you… I like this daily prompt a lot. This is a great question. I hope people never say that I don’t or didn’t care. I care so much. Maybe more than I should in some instances. Sometimes I care so much that I sacrifice myself…

  zanderham13

  16th Dec 2022

  Air Force, daily prompt, Life, Memories, Mental Health, mentoring, Raw

  Air Force, daily prompt, Memories

• The Future

  Yesterday I watched a virtual presentation on the University of Minnesota with my wife and Boy #1 (who was watching from Florida.) Initially he going to do a welding program at the local community college. That didn’t pan out, mostly because he just didn’t want to do it. He never even registered for it. He…

  zanderham13

  16th Nov 2022

  inspiration, Life, mentoring

  college, UMN

• Sweet Moments

  This past Saturday was week 6 of 8 of the soccer season. It was a good weekend. Both of my teams played amazing games. My younger team of third and fourth graders (8-9 year olds) won their fifth game of the season, 6-0. We had to actually pull players off to give them an advantage…

  zanderham13

  26th Sep 2022

  mentoring, my soccer team stories, relationships

  soccer, youth coaching

• Why is it so hard to be nice?

  It is again soccer Saturday. Both teams played well. My younger team won after being down three goals. Their final score was 8-6. It was probably one of the best all around games they’ve played. I have three goalies, with one playing goalie more than the other two. Last season he got really anxious and…

  zanderham13

  17th Sep 2022

  Life, Mental Health, mentoring, my soccer team stories

  mean people suck, soccer, trauma

• Creativity

  I have always wanted to be an artist who can draw. I can’t draw. For a long time I wanted to be able to sing. I can’t sing. I can read music and play instruments, but I can’t sing. I can write. I enjoy painting that is more abstract. I wasn’t good with clay. I…

  zanderham13

  10th Sep 2022

  Mental Health, mentoring, my soccer team stories

  creativity, soccer, writing

• Youth Soccer on yet another Saturday

  This is my second season coaching the kids. It’s a short 8 week season with a game each Saturday. This is our second week of games. I was looking forward to this weekend because both games were later, which is nice. I needed to sleep in just a bit because I am so unrested lately.…

  zanderham13

  27th Aug 2022

  Life, mentoring, my soccer team stories

  Mental Health, parenting, soccer

• Favorite Things

  Something I have really learned about myself since I retired from the Air Force was that I love to mentor people. I did do a lot of mentoring in the Air Force, but not the same way I do now, especially with my soccer team. I was relieved to get so many of my players…

  zanderham13

  18th Aug 2022

  mentoring, my soccer team stories, relationships

  soccer