Yikes… Its been almost a month since I’ve written anything. What happened? Did I give up on my quest to find my own true happiness? Did I realize I couldn’t survive without the corporate chain around my neck? Did I decide that my pursuit for finding joy was nothing more than just being lazy... »

It is not even summer yet, in fact we’ve just had our first dose of spring-like weather, but already the neighborhood kids are having Kool-Aid stands. This is a true sign that there is an entrepreneur inside each of us. We all have (from a young age) the desire to sell a quality product... »

In Yesterday’s Post, 40 Hours?, I discussed the current standard 40 hour work week and made a personal observation that a lot of those 40 hours are wasted and adding more free time to our personal lives would make a positive change to not only our personal well being, but would also have a great impact... »

“Lost time is never found again.“~Benjamin Franklin Have you even thought much about why the standard work week is 40 hours? In all the years that I was punching a clock I found ways to fill those hours. A lot of that time was filled with chatting with co-workers, email, reading the newspaper or... »

“If you think the small things don’t matter, try spending the night is a room with a mosquito.”~The Dalai Lama. In our fast paced lifestyle we are all moving 100 miles per hours. We forget to stop and take time for the little things. And if you stop long enough to think about it, it... »

In previous posts I have discussed how I went from choosing to be homeless where I lived in the National Forest in a tent or in my truck to remodeling our simple dream home to eventually trading it all in for more, more, more in the suburbs. Where did I go wrong? I had... »

Shortly after graduating from college my soon to be wife and I had two full time incomes and we suddenly had money coming out of our ears compared to what we had been used to.  4 or 5 years earlier I was happy living in a closet of a home. I had even spent two summers... »

They often say time is money. But it isn’t… Time is life. Time is all we have. When you run out of money you will be forced to find a way to make more, but when you run out of time (life) that’s it. You can’t buy more time. If that is true shouldn’t we... »