Dillan Taylor
Anxious dogs
I’m watching my mom’s dogs for the week. They’re both anxious as hell. One has separation anxiety. The instant I walk out the door he...
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Dillan Taylor
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Pick your stress
We often wonder or are asked, “What do you want in life?” Naturally, this is an important question. It’s valuable to be able to paint a...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Sometimes I wake up depressed
Money, overwhelm, habits falling off. I take very good care of myself…but I’m still a human being, which means sometimes I don’t. What do...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 24, 20211 min read
Can I help?
In a session yesterday, a client told me about the two question he asks himself when talking to a prospective client. I think they could...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 23, 20212 min read
We’re talking about practice, man
I started playing chess last summer. Since then, I’ve played almost every day. One of the main reasons I got into it was because one of...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Swimming is hard
(Not me.) I completed a sprint triathlon yesterday morning with my best friend. A quarter-mile swim. A 12-mile bike. Then a 5k run. I...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 19, 20211 min read
Triathlon prep
I’m doing a triathlon tomorrow. I’m woefully unprepared for the swim portion, but I’ll make it happen. The date seemed to pop up out of...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 14, 20211 min read
At the same time
Things can exist at the same time. A person can be doing very well and be violently anxious. Police brutality and black-on-black crime...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 9, 20213 min read
Write like a motherfucker
Last night, I finished another chapter of Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things. It was my favorite one yet. The book consists of...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Nothing’s wrong
A real photo of my senior thesis. I got coached by a friend yesterday. I came into the session with the past two weeks containing more...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Slipping up
Today is one of those days where I wake up and realize that my habits have been off track. I’m looking at my phone past 10pm. I haven’t...
Dillan Taylor
Jun 3, 20212 min read
Why do I feel this way?
Yesterday, I had a conflict with my best friend. The thing was, he had no idea because it happened entirely in my mind. The details...
Dillan Taylor
May 31, 20211 min read
2 Dills
There are days where I’m energetic, motivated, positive, proactive, ambitious, present, and on top of my fucking shit. There are days...
Dillan Taylor
May 29, 20212 min read
Two simple questions
A few weeks ago, my coach asked me these two simple questions and my life hasn’t been the same since: 1) What do you want to create? I...
Dillan Taylor
May 27, 20212 min read
The story in all of us
My coach said something revolutionary yesterday on our weekly group call. Whether it’s in coaching or just in our day to day lives, the...
Dillan Taylor
May 26, 20212 min read
We’re all different, we’re all the same
After all the conversations and interactions I’ve had with people, this paradox is my favorite thing about the human condition. We’re all...
Dillan Taylor
May 25, 20212 min read
Cliches are true?
People often say: “It’s cliche but it’s true.” That’s always confused me. Of course it’s true! That’s why it’s a cliche. Here are a few...
Dillan Taylor
May 24, 20211 min read
The battle between emotion and logic
This has come up countless times in recent coaching sessions and in my life in general… There will be a story or some limiting belief...
Dillan Taylor
May 22, 20212 min read
Think again
Me when reading the book. I just finished Adam Grant’s newest book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t. In it, Adam...
Dillan Taylor
May 20, 20211 min read
Anxious mornings
As healthy and fulfilled as I feel, I’ll still wake up some mornings with anxiety. In my chest, I’ll experience the random lumps as my...
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