Minimalism or to be a minimalist inspires much debate. Minimalism was popularized, in large part, by Leo Babauta’s blog, Zen Habits. I love Leo’s work, and have embraced many principles of minimalism, but I’ve grown weary of the term. Minimalism has...
What do you desire? When I ask my friends this question, almost everyone responds with a variant of, “I just want to be happy.” When I inquire further as to what happiness looks like for them, the responses are all over the map. It’s clear...
Everywhere I look (on the interwebs) everyone seem so damn motivated. Why is everyone so busy? Maybe it’s just the virtual circles I travel in: online entrepreneurs, writers, coaches, digital program and product creators, and the like—they seem so driven....
One Sunday morning, much too early to be in public, I participated in a yard sale with my friends. Since I keep Amvets on speed dial I didn’t have much to sell; I purge my possessions every chance I get. But, I joined in to support my friends who had worked hard to...
You will wake, eyes swollen, heart achy, with a thrum-thrum-throb in your head. Waking will be a surprise. You will be sure that you’ll never wake from this—this heart-distress, this life mess, this state of unanswered grief. But awaken you will. You’ll cry. You...
Allow me to admit something that is disparaged by our go-go culture: I am not ambitious. I don’t want to hustle, crush it (sorry Gary), or make six figures in 3 easy steps (as if!). No, the traditional markers and drivers of ambition and success elude me—by...
