mickholt
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January 29, 2016
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Character, Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing
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accountability partners, comfort zone, God's will, Jesus juke, joke writing, stand-up, Stand-up Comedy, zone

I got this off the internets – thank you internets.
Ever had the Pizza Hut P’Zone? If not I am super sorry. It was a delicious masterpiece of pizza-y goodness. You can get a decent calzone from just about any pizza place but the P”Zone was a zone I could easily get into.
Other zones? Not so much.
mickholt
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January 19, 2016
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Character, Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing
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#dontbreakthechain, Don't break the chian, Goal Setting, Goals, God's will, stand-up, Stand-up Comedy
<— THAT FACE.
That face completely sums up my feelings this morning when I woke up and realized that I broke the chain.
That’s right – I BROKE THE CHAIN!
mickholt
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January 8, 2016
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Character, Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing
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comedy, God's will, joke writing, Stand-up Comedy, writing, writing tips
I try writing every day – I am a firm believer in the Seinfeldian – DON’T BREAK THE CHAIN – train of thought.
In 2014 I frequently used the hashtag – #dontbreakthechain for motivation and encouragement to me fellow writers.
mickholt
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January 1, 2016
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Goal Setting, God's Will, Stand-Up, Writing
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5 ways to set goals, comedy, GOAALS, Goal Setting, goal setting strategies, Goals, Goals for 2016, God's will, New Year's Resolutions, Stand-up Comedy, strategies
For the last few years I have posted – near the end of December or sometimes early January – about the importance of setting GOALS for the upcoming year – you can check those out here, here or here – and the strategies I employ to ensure I don’t waste the next 8784 hours.
mickholt
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July 30, 2015
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Stand-Up
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bowling, clean comedy, first dates, God honoring comedy, God's will, Golden Corral, Gutterballs Comedy Cabaret, joke writing, stand-up, Stand-up Comedy
Writing a joke can be a long nerve wracking process. It can also produce something vastly different than what you originally intended. This post will look at how I wrote a joke that I am using as my closer from time to time and how I got it from the staring line to almost ready to cross the finish line.
mickholt
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December 30, 2014
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Character, Goal Setting, God's Will
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Goal Setting, Goals, God's will, New Year's Resolutions
I am sitting here working on my goals for next year, something I neglected to do last year and as a result I drifted.
Going into 2014 I was filled with hope for getting back into comedy. I was excited by the prospect of getting back on a stage and the rush that accompanies the sound of laughter that I caused – inadvertently or not.
I missed that feeling – a lot, and had every intention of pursuing that feeling and everything that goes with it but I got sidetracked at the beginning of the year and it took me until almost August to see how far off track I had gotten.
Something that would not have happened had I had a plan – but not simply a plan but a written plan. A road map for where I wanted 2014 to take me or better, where I wanted to TAKE 2014.
mickholt
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December 6, 2014
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Character, God's Will, Stand-Up
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Character, dissapointments, God's will, Marine Corps, Semper Fi, Stand-up Comedy

Raising the flag at Iwo Jima
Hardly seems possible. The Wizard of OZ, Santa and the Tooth-fairy seem more likely than to say that 25 years ago today I was eating my first breakfast – having not slept for more than 24 hours – on Parris Island.
My Marnie adventure was just beginning and everything was moving so fast that I had little time to think. That’s not a bad thing – really.
My time in the Marines is a mixed bag of emotion for me.
On the one hand, I spent the required amount of time, overcame all the obstacles, met all the requirements necessary to become a Marine. I walked across the parade deck and was declared a “Marine”. That can never be taken away from me.