willy1971 argues, sharply, that retailers recruiting veterans into low wage jobs after they already survived years of military service amounts to exploiting the very leadership skills that service gave them, naming Walmart's hiring pledge specifically rather than criticizing the pattern in the abstract.
The most vivid post is a contractor's story: hired to build a prototype cabin for a wealthy client's demanding six day deadline, having the client drive the prototype cross country from Florida, and pulling off the build on schedule with a small crew, told with the specific pride of someone who actually did the physical work rather than just managed it.
A post credited to his eight year old daughter reframes a meltdown over a missed birthday party into a lesson about turning a negative thought into a positive one, written in a child's own spelling and voice rather than cleaned up for the blog. Practical posts on staying productive with kids home for summer and developing a self-reliant mentality round out the more instructional half of the blog.
The cabin building story and the daughter's post are the most memorable things here. Productivity and self-reliance round things out more conventionally.