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Why I believe Work-Life Balance is a Myth

Let go of work-life balance and embrace the unforced rhythms of a fully integrated life. I used to think that work-life balance was achievable.Now I believe it is a myth.No […]

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We are not human doings

Can you remember? Can you remember the last time you walked out your front door and wandered-no plans-no reservations-and explored your own backyard, the simple spots, maybe even the lost […]

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Reach for the stuff that’s real

A craftsman cobbler just resoled my fly fishing wading boots, and they’re ready for another “one hundred thousand casts.” The landfill was calling for them. Our modern world has an […]

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Dream Bigger Dreams

“Disturb me, Lord, when I am too well. Pleased with myself when my dreams have come true because I have dreamed too little.” I’m wondering about these lines, asking myself, […]

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What Can You NOT DO

“Vocation at its deepest level is. ‘This is something I can’t NOT do, for reasons I’m unable to explain to anyone else and don’t fully understand myself but that are […]

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Play Unplugged-Live Music For Money in a Park

This really happened. I convinced my brother that we needed to play impromptu acoustic unplugged live music in the city park in Santa Fe, NM. We’d just driven 2,700 miles […]

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Writing a Life List (Stuff Ya Wanna Do)

Personally, I don’t love the term “bucket list”. I prefer the idea of focusing on the things I want to do while I’m living vs. before I “kick the bucket”. […]

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A Breathing Space

I tend to cram too much into most days. Especially if they are what I’d consider “good things”. “More must be better” is my non-essentialist mantra when I’m trying to […]

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It’s Love That Wrote the Play

In times like these, it’s easy, even sensible, for hope to wane. How long can hope wait before cynicism wins?I’ve been singing this anthem of hope to myself when I […]

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The Master in the Art of Living

My friend Sam has this quote from James Michener in his Hawaiian home on the hillside above Waimea. His playful life disrupted mine more than a decade ago. I didn’t […]

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