If you had a choice, after all these years, would you go back? Absolutely. In a heartbeat. This is something I hear from veterans I work with all the time: if they called, I would go back in an instant. This may come as a surprise to those who have Read more…
Memorial Day 2017 is rapidly approaching, and our social media feeds are once again going to be inundated with reminders of what the day is supposed to be about, as opposed to what it seems to be about. Friends and neighbors everywhere are going to be getting ready for summer, Read more…
I hear it often from veterans I talk to. I wish… I wish I could go back to the person I was before I joined the military. Consider that for a moment…is life so terrible now that you wish you didn’t exist? You don’t want to not be around, but Read more…
In the work that I do with veterans, and often in comments and conversations about the articles I write here on the Head Space and Timing blog, I hear variations on a theme. “Nobody really cares about veterans anymore” or “the only one that understands me is other combat veterans.” Read more…
Where were you this time last year? Mentally, relationally, professionally? Our newsfeed is full of reflection, of remembrance and recollection. But what about our minds, our lives? Endings are a natural time of reflection, but there are moments throughout our lives that are milestones in the present as well as Read more…
Have you ever had the opportunity to sit down and listen to a veteran who served in a previous era? One of the interesting things that I notice is that sometimes people overlook veterans around them, fail to notice them or even realize what amazing things they’ve seen and done Read more…
This post is an original article written by Aaron Skogen . Aaron is a senior operations professional employed by The Toro Company. He writes to share ideas and generate a conversation. Most often you will find him writing personal stories exploring the correlation between our personal and professional lives.The original post can be found Read more…
There’s something about anniversaries that make them extremely important to veterans. Birthdays and wedding anniversaries are important to many people, of course, and are remembered with cards and gifts, but veterans celebrate different anniversaries than others. We remember milestones in our career: promotions, or deployments. We celebrate some, knowing that they Read more…
I’m amazed at some of the stuff that I’ve picked up over the years that I served in the Army. I’ve noticed that, for veterans, the objects they’ve accumulated take on an almost talismanic property…not that they’ve been imbued with some mystic powers, but they’ve certainly been given worth beyond Read more…
While I was in the military, I didn’t take a whole lot of pictures. I never wanted to be a “combat tourist,” knowing full well that I could be missing out on some really great memories later in life. Don’t get me wrong, I love looking at pictures of time Read more…