Oh baby. Last week was Election Week. Typically it’s simply Election Day. But not in 2020. No sir. It was Election Week and despite my aspirational note about remaining equanimous, I still let it set fire to my stable of …
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I had intended on knocking out a large chunk of my book the other night. I’m reading The Book of Joy – a lovely, calming documentation of a week-long conversation between the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. I had nothing …
I’ve broken this journey into two parts; Mindset and Tactics. The first part, Mindset, focus on the mental shifts I had to make in order to accept consistency into my life. The second part, Tactics, focus on the actual strategies …
Happiness is theoretically the reason why we take much of action we do. It's why we want what we want. …
TL;DR: This article investigates the use of a mental tool to simplify big questions. How do I become happy? I’ve tried to answer this question in one way or another since my conscious brain came online thirty years ago. The …
It’s been a few days since I’ve meditated but I finally got back to it this morning. Sitting there, cross-legged on the deck amongst the red pine, I found myself upset. Equanimity, damn it! You’re supposed to be experiencing equanimity! …
I really don’t want to fucking write right now. But I am. I’m writing precisely because I don’t want to. Because my mind is screaming at me to do anything else. Take a nap. Eat. Read. Look up the video …
I’m a big Baltimore sports fan. And so yesterday when I heard about Mo Gabba, I was deeply affected. Mo wasn’t just a fan. He was a superfan. His local fame began when as young kid he would (without the …
Imagine you’re a farmer who just moved to a new state. Your humble little plot of land lies amongst hundreds …
“A body at rest will remain at rest, and a body in motion will remain in motion unless it is …