by Mike Rezl | Feb 22, 2015 | Keeping it Real in Real Life
“There’s something about the ability to write about how you’re feeling and look back on it, especially when you thought you’d never get through it.” I love to write. Whether it’s pounding the keyboard on my computer or journaling with a good old pen and paper, there’s...
by Mike Rezl | Feb 3, 2015 | Keeping it Real in Real Life
“I’m not fast ‘for a girl’. I’m just fast.” I like many of you, took notice of Always’ #LikeAGirl ad during the Super Bowl. And naturally, there was no way I wasn’t going to write about what #LikeAGirl means to me – um, look at the title of my blog. But the meaning...
by Mike Rezl | Oct 26, 2014 | Keeping it Real in Real Life
“One size does not fit all” Okay, I’ve gotta vent a little about something. But don’t worry, this won’t just be 600 words of me bitching and moaning – well, it will be that, but also with a solution to the problem! Over the years, and especially the past few, I’ve...
by Mike Rezl | Aug 18, 2014 | Keeping it Real in Real Life
“You were made for this” Last Saturday, on a hot, humid and calm morning in beautiful Detroit Lakes, MN, I completed my first Olympic-distance triathlon. It was definitely one of the more challenging events I’ve raced but also one of the most fun! I truly enjoyed it...
by Mike Rezl | Jul 28, 2014 | Keeping it Real in Real Life
“Dear Cosmo, kindly take your ideas of “plus size” and shove them up your ass, sideways. Sincerely, every man on the planet who has had to reassure his perfectly healthy and proportioned woman she’s not fat because assholes like you perpetuate this idea in her head...
by Mike Rezl | Jun 9, 2014 | Keeping it Real in Real Life
“When I was five years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they told me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they...