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Looking back over the past months, there is one commonality running through most of my non-mindfulness-focused newsletters and that is that I have a lot…

May 11

The first 200 days

May 4

I wrote a few weeks ago about how I started reading Christopher Alexander’s "Nature of Order" - thousands of pages on philosophy about the fundamental…

Apr 26

The extraordinary in the banal, self-actualization, boddhisatvas, compassionate loving-kindness, nihilism and googley eyes

Apr 22

Delving into Christopher Alexander's "Nature of Order"

Apr 14

“Lose an hour in the morning chase it all day.” - Yiddish saying For most of my life I didn’t have a morning routine. It wasn’t really until my…

Apr 6

This week I’m in Palm Springs for vacation so in lieu of writing, here are a few pictures from Joshua Tree National Park & environs - a few hours…

Mar 31

Why information speed matters

Mar 24

I’ve been reflecting recently on how much ambitions are defined by what we believe is possible and how much that’s guided by what we see around us. I…

Mar 18

Let’s talk about Myers Briggs. For those of you that don’t know what I’m talking about - great! read on. For those of you that are rolling your eyes …

Mar 9

With world events this past week my state of mind has fluctuated wildly as I’m sure it has for many others. I wrote about this last week in terms of how…

Mar 4

Reflections on things falling apart

Feb 25

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