Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a small village. This village had a strange tradition. Each spring, any boy that had reached the age of majority was given a plot of land and bag of money to build a home. The boy had to complete his home before winter. If [...]
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck
This August, my wife, Lisa, and I will have been married for twenty-five years. We lived together for a couple years before we married, so we’ve been together even longer.
Honestly, I love Lisa more now than [...]
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. - Plato
Unless you’ve been quarantined in an underground bunker, you know exercise is healthy. This is ancient news, since even Plato, the classical Greek philosopher, promoted exercise in 400 BC.
So, if you’ve managed [...]
This post is the first post in a series on mindful eating. Here are the other posts:
30 Days of Mindful Eating - Day 4
30 Days of Mindful Eating - Day 14
30 Days of Mindful Eating - Day 22
30 Days of Mindful Eating - Day 30
30 Days of Mindful Eating - Author Interview
I love eating popcorn [...]
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Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them either. They keep you.
- Frank Crane
You can make exercise a habit even if you hate exercising. I know because I’ve made a habit of exercise for ten years, even though I dislike exercising. Exercise itself is painful [...]
I’ve seen many books and articles about defining and achieving goals, but few discuss how using goals affects your happiness. Goals have a big impact on your happiness, but for different reasons than you may think.
Goals May Be Unnecessary
My wife, Lisa, is happy and has no goals. Does that means she does nothing? Not at [...]
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