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#17. You Can’t Live in a Hammer
Building a good house takes the right tools — as does building a good life. Wealth is a tool for stability, low stress, and fun. Fashion is a tool for individuality or acceptance. Status is a tool for respect. Working out is a tool for a healthy body. Working hard is...
#16. Growth is Not A Straight Line
A few days ago, I sat down to write. I found that I could not. The words and sentences that normally bubbled up easily in my mind lay stubbornly beneath the surface. We often tell ourselves that every day we practice something, the next day will reveal our progress....
#15. Imagination and The Big Lie
As we age, we often lament the loss of our imagination. We tell ourselves that responsibility forced us into the ‘real world’. We see children as the pretenders and call ourselves mature for rejecting day dreams and fantasies. Truthfully we never stop pretending, we...
#14. Beauty and Screens
A few nights ago, I saw one of the most beautiful sunsets of my life. I did not take a picture of it. That sunset, from that location, at that specific time, was mine alone. No one else ever has or ever will see that sunset from that spot again. Light from the sun...
#13. Fear of Staying the Same
Mix things up. Wake up for the sunrise. Skip rocks. Go for the hug. Turn left instead of right. Buy a ticket. Get a tan. Fall in love. Never return. You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube. Time moves on without us regardless of how we choose to spend it....
#12. Ode to Strangers
Ants have made their way into my pantry. It is frustrating, but also fascinating and rather impressive. How could they possibly discover, mobilize, and organize in order to assembly line the food into their hidden hill? Individually they barely have enough brain power...
#11. How to Be Understood
Rejection, pain, and anger are often triggered through misunderstanding and miscommunication. When miscommunications are frequent, it leads us to isolation and loneliness. We live in a time where we are constantly seen and heard — but never known. There is a vast...
#10. Eudaimonia
Defined as ‘conducive to happiness’, Aristotle argues eudaimonia is the result of a life well lived. Maybe he’s right. However — happiness and eudaimonia are certainly not synonyms. Happiness is just a side effect of a life lived in pursuit of eudaimonia. A far better...
#9. What’s Killing Us
Each day, the Unites States spends almost 2,000 lifetimes on social media. This is not time well spent. Some claim to use it to relax, or keep up with friends, or laugh. It’s a lie. Life is not how long you live, but how much you live. Scrolling social media is no...