Seriously. Haven’t we had enough? Have you ever turned off your Wi-Fi and your cell phone for an entire hour? Maybe more. It’s blissful. It’s freeing. Like walking out of […]
Breadcrumbs in a Silent World
Synchronicity This one is more of a “thinking” post than a “feeling” post. But it’s a good one to read. Synchronicity and meaning is something that is foundational to our […]
Teach Them Our Ways
“Teach them our ways so that they do not suffer the shame of being useless.” Wow. What a line. It comes from the new Avatar: The Way of Water, and […]
Content People Are Just Broken Consumers
As all great essays generally start (lol), I heard something very interesting on a YouTube podcast. I wish I could say that I was a voracious reader, but unfortunately, I’m […]
Raison d’Être
There’s a French expression—raison d’être—that a lot of people in the English-speaking world have adopted. Literally, it means “one’s reason for being,” but English speakers tend to use it pretty […]
I’m So Over the Overton Window
I’ve had to look up the definition of this word, the Overton window, so many times. It never quite sticks, even though the idea itself has always been a part […]
The Age of Unreason
When I was in my twenties, quite a while ago now, I became obsessed with learning a martial art called Ving Tsun, or Wing Chun. And being the kind of […]
Sometimes, I’m Almost as Good as I Think I Am
I’ve been accused, more times than I can count, of being arrogant, condescending, self-righteous. There are probably a few other adjectives in that same vein that would apply, but you […]
Press Pause on the Anxiety for a Moment
Someone told me yesterday, “I feel like a tiger is chasing me and I’m just sitting on the couch.” I related to that. Deeply. About six months ago I wrote […]