You know how it is so hard to figure out how to get a good gift for some people? You’re like, “They have everything they want and need, so what can I get them?” If you’re anything like me, this makes you feel really stressed. Like you are somehow at fault for having such a […]
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How To Use Your Joy And Suffering To Help The World
Knowing what brings us joy and suffering reveals a path towards being of service to others.
Five Thoughts On Having Meaningful Impact In This Uncertain World
In response to the questions of whether we can trust Trump or could have trusted Hilary, we might instead say “The real question is, Can we trust ourselves?” Can we trust ourselves to give our attention to creating a world that is fair and just and that is good for all of us to live in. Here are five thoughts on what we can do.
How To Feel Useful After The Election
It’s still unclear, while the dust settles, exactly what we can do to continue bring about the world we want after the U.S. election. But here is a video I made of the actions we can take while we figure it out. Some of the points are summarized below.
Ten Ways I’m Coping Since I Woke Up To A Trump Presidency
So many of us are so worried and sick that I wanted to say a little about how I’ve been coping and plan to move forward since I woke up to a Trump presidency. I’m hoping the ten strategies I list might help you, too.
A Simple Mindfulness Exercise That Will Help You Waste Less Life
When we don’t pay attention, we waste money, we waste resources, we waste time, and we waste our lives. When we aren’t mindful of this moment, we waste. Therefore, paying attention and trying not to waste is a simple mindfulness exercise we can do all day. The simple act of being mindful and trying not to waste can both help us have better lives for ourselves and and help the world.
Four Easy Ways To Touch Base With What’s Important… No Matter How Crazy Your Life Is
A sense of life balance comes from knowing we live a life based on our values. Centering ourselves in what is important to us. But how, when our lives are crazy busy, are we supposed to touch base with what is important? Here are four ways I use, exemplified by Tevye, the main character in The Fiddler On The Roof.
How I Make My Life Helpful And Happy NOW (Instead of In The Future)
Back before I did the No Impact Man lifestyle experiment–in which I completely deconstructed my life and then put it back together, small choice by small choice–I worried mostly about getting the right job, the right relationship, the right home. It was all about making the right HUGE choice. It was scary–because what if you get a huge choice wrong?–and hard–because the HUGE choices take so much energy to change. Then, I learned that life is lived just as much in the smaller choices as the big ones. And I could make smaller choices to make my life happy and helpful now (instead of later, when I could change the big choices).