I hate hustle. Hustle doesn’t sleep. Hustle certainly doesn’t meditate. Hustle prefers spreadsheets and social media to silence and stillness. We’ve been told to idolize hustle, that hustle is the only way to matter. We’ve been lied to. Hustle culture is killing us. We’re more stressed out, burned out, and fed up than at any […]
When Bethany Hamilton was 13-years old, she had already placed second in the 2003 NSSA Surfing Nationals and had set her sights on a first place finish. One morning after a grueling practice, she took a break. Rather than riding the waves in, she flopped on her belly, turned her head to one side and […]
“It’s so simple to be happy; it’s so difficult to be simple…” ~ Thiruvalluvar I have a friend who decided to sell her farmhouse. It was too far from town for her tastes. There were too many acres to mow. The hundred-year old doors rattled in the wind and the adjacent barn leaned a bit […]
“You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.” ~Morpheus in The Matrix The Matrix is one of the greatest science fiction movies of all times. Now almost two decades […]
On average, Americans spend over 12 hours a day in a seated position, slumped at a desk, flopped on a couch, or hunched over a device like Gollum over his ring. Remember a few years back when everyone started saying that sitting was the new smoking? Science now knows that sitting for more than […]
With much trepidation, the Smith Family recently adopted a puppy. To understand why I’ve spent the last two years claiming I was a “cat person” who would never own another dog, you need to know about Siddha Pup. Siddha was a mutt David and I adopted from the Clark County Animal Shelter in 1998. She […]
