Tag: family

  • Perception and Getting To Know Myself

    I am presently a bit obsessed with getting to know myself better. An exercise I recommend practicing regularly, since we are constantly experiencing, growing and evolving. Learning about and deepening awareness and understanding of self is imperative to growth and realizing potential. Most pressing of recent personal findings is a need to fix and heal…

  • The Egg by Andy Weir

    The Egg by Andy Weir You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly…

  • Vulnerability and Connection

    In my continuing efforts and struggle to make sense of my very own existence, I invariably return to remarkably rudimentary, yet paramount questions. Why am I here? What must I do? And, how may I actualize these concepts, and increase the ratio of pleasure to pain in my life? My wonder, pursuit and search for…

  • 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

    Try these 10 things that science says will make you happy! Savor Everyday Moments Slow down; breath; receive. Avoid Comparisons I’ve suggested that comparisons made by media, art, fantasies and dreams, draw lines in the sand and weigh on the world considerably. Put Money Low on the List A necessary evil, nothing more. Have Meaningful…

  • Nigel Marsh: How to Make Work-Life Balance Work

    Certain job and career choices are fundamentally incompatible with being meaningfully engaged on a day to day basis with a young family. The reality of the society that we’re in is that there are thousansd and thousands and people of out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they working long hard hours at…

  • Relocation Pains and Self Awareness

    I’m lonely in this unfamiliar place. My life is in my car; I’m living out of a hotel; and the only thing I have is my job. Friends and family are scattered across the planet, and all positive growth momentum feels abandoned in Santa Barbara. I can find good things in Los Angeles. Already: endless…