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It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
As a child of the ’80s I fondly remember the Old Milwaukee and Old Milwaukee Light commercials that would show a group of guys fishing, observing the Swedish Bikini Team, or some other great manly thing. One of the guys would take a sip of a canned Old Milwaukee and then would say, “It... »
Living
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... »
40 Hours?
“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... »
Losing Your Way
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... »
Taking Your Time
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... »
Throw it all Away
We live in a throw it out society. The average American throws away seven and a half pounds of garbage which totals 2 billion pounds of garbage headed to the landfill each day. How is it possible to send that much garbage to the landfill each day? Obviously we could do a better job... »
Convenience
What a wonderful time to be alive. We are lucky enough to have so many conveniences that our grandparents would have never considered possible. I am striving towards a simple life. I don’t watch much TV, my car is 11 years old, and I never even consider eating anything that is handed to me... »
Happiness?
“You can never get enough enough of what you don’t need to make you happy” ~ Eric Hoffer The national average income has quadrupled since 1960 but surveys show that Americans are less happy than before. We as a society have been under the perception that more money made us happy. If only we could... »
Be You
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss I took a couple days off from posting because I just wasn’t inspired. I began wondering if there was really a value in these posts. I have always believed there was and I have... »
Climbing to the Top
Children are naturally curious and they love to explore the world around them; it’s their job. They also are natural climbers. Tell any kid that it is okay to climb a rock and I guarantee they can find a way up it. My kids have no fear. I have always been careful not to discourage... »