Home on Daniel Cory

Starting a Ministry

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

As I Was Praying

While praying about what my ministry is going to be, my mind started wandering and found itself here on my site. I started thinking about what I can do here if I increased viewership, and the impact I could have in some ways. I won’t get into any details because I, myself, need to iron those out. That being said, I think this will be my focus. Along with other things, I want to put my focus on spreading the gospel by means of this site. Worst case scenario, it doesn’t work, but at least I tried to do something while I wait.

Increased VO2 Max

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What Is VO2 Max?

Well, I’m not a health expert, and I certainly don’t want to get the details wrong, so I’ll quote the description. From the Cleveland Clinic

VO2 max is expressed as a number showing how many milliliters of oxygen your body uses per kilogram of body weight per minute of exercise.

Essentially, this measurement is one of the greatest predictors of health. Now, the way you’re supposed to do a measurement is in a lab with heart monitors and a mask that measures oxygen, etc. That being said, several different smart watches can give a pretty good estimate. For a while, when you do outdoor run exercises, it calibrates and gets more accurate with each run. For me, as it got more accurate, it kept going down. Finally, after several weeks of running, the number finally went up by 0.1.

Losing Weight

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

My Goal

My goal is simple: lose weight! Well, more like lose body fat. Believe it or not, I used to be skinny. People told me I need to eat more, etc. I guess a combination of having kids and going from physical jobs to my desk career has caused me to gain a lot more weight than I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not obese, but if I don’t actively do something about it, then I will be.

Setting Some Goals

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Goal Setting

So let me clarify something: I am actually extremely goal oriented. Everything I do has a system; I always have plans. My biggest problem, however, is that I tend to never accomplish any of them. It’s not that I don’t want to, but I seem to constantly lack the motivation to accomplish all the things that I want to accomplish. Truth be told, this may be related to my realization that I have high-functioning autism, (more on that in future posts), but regardless of why, I want to overcome it and actually do the things I set out for myself.

Welcome to My New Site

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome

Hello, and welcome once again to my site. This will be a future place for my ramblings, thoughts, studies, etc. I plan to no longer use my Facebook (unless maybe I create one for advertising purposes).

How I Built This Site

I’m using Hugo as a static site generator, which outputs plain ole’ HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This makes my site super fast and lightweight. I’m hosting this on Azure using Static Web Apps. Any future dynamic functionality (like the ability for users to eventually leave comments) will be handled via Azure Functions.

About

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hello, my name is Daniel Cory. I’m a Christian, a husband, and a father. I’m writing this blog as a record of my day-to-day life. I’m not really expecting anyone to read it regularly, but perhaps one day, when I’m gone, something I’ve written here will be useful to someone else.

I have many different interests that I intend to document here. Some of them include:

Bible studies
Building my house and homestead
Ancestry and genealogy
Software development
Cloud engineering

My faith is the central part of my life. It shapes how I view the world and how I try to live my life. I believe the Bible is the Word of God, and I want my life to be centered on following Christ. I’m far from perfect, and I certainly don’t have everything figured out, but I hope that my faith is evident in the things I write about here.