On my life at 34

Ted Bauer at 34

Here’s a little honesty/transparency to start, which admittedly can be rare. For the past six months or so, when people ask me about my birthday, I’ve been saying I’m turning 33. That’s absurd for anyone that has any context in… Continue Reading

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How I tried to change my personal mantra

Stand By Your Vision and Create Your Own Revolution

On Saturday, I was walking in Antwerp, Belgium in a fashion-forward area of the city. (If you want to know how I got to Belgium, read this; if you want to see some cool pictures I took in Belgium, read this.) Anyway,… Continue Reading

The incredibly true adventures of a misguided 30-something in Belgium

Ted Bauer Antwerp Beer

Thought a lot about how to write this, and ultimately decided that “thematically” would probably be the easiest idea. I can’t possibly think of a single person, including my wife and parents, who would really want to see a detailed itinerary of… Continue Reading

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My blog’s one-year anniversary happened in Belgium. Here’s how.

Ted Bauer Blog Belgium

I wrote my first post on this blog — it’s pretty terrible — on October 21, 2013. A year later to the day, I landed at Brussels Airport. There’s a tie between the two and a transparent story about the… Continue Reading

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What the Kansas City Royals can teach you about your life

KC Royals And Overcoming

Dating back to 1999, this is how many games the Kansas City Royals lost in each season (remember, more than 81 losses in a MLB season means you’re a sub-.500 team):

Self-compassion vs. self-esteem (and me in therapy)

Self Compassion Jack Kornfield

I went to a wedding this past weekend in North Carolina. It was a great, majestic, soaring wedding — in a way, aren’t they all? — and by and large, I had a very good time. It was with probably… Continue Reading

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Here’s a story about a time I went to see Pixar’s “Up” super drunk

Up came out in the United States on May 29, 2009. I had been planning on seeing it in New York City with one group of friends — essentially my core friends at the time — but another group of friends (rather,… Continue Reading

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What’s it like to work at ESPN?

I worked there from 2005 to 2011. Here are some thoughts on that time. Continue Reading