One day you’re a rock star, jamming down the road with rock radio blasting, ready to kick ass and screw The Man. The next day, you’re subtle and sophisticated, enjoying a perfectly aged glass of scotch and nodding your head to NPR. Tomorrow, who knows? After all, you are a complicated and extremely nuanced individual.
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Have you ever struggled to kickstart a new habit? It’s easy to find excuses and create delays. It’s even easier to give up entirely. Have you ever considered why it’s so difficult?
Why Are New Habits So Hard to Establish?
To be truthful, we have enough battles to fight every day. You may be trying to eat [...]

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Creativity: it’s elusive, mysterious, and undefineable. Or is it? While I’m of the opinion that there are few shortcuts worth taking, I think I’ve found a shortcut to unlock creativity. It’s the same kind of philosophy I can imagine being espoused by Yogi Berra, the man famous for stating the [...]

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I love simplicity. Pretty obvious, right? Me and simplicity are sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g. But am I always successful at keeping things simple? Not so much.
Life always comes down to balance, so if want to be good at one thing, I’m probably going to have suck at something else. So, [...]

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In an email exchange following my post on Dealing with Disappointment, reader Mike Sowden of Fevered Mutterings offered the following bit of wisdom:
“Mistakes and disappointments are a call to arms for the soul.”
It’s easy to be loving, generous, funny, and creative when life is all roses and sunshine. The challenge comes [...]

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The American Dream–it goes back for centuries, right? Well, not really. The American Dream (the capitalized, often air-quoted version) is a relatively new conception.
Take a moment to stop and think about the American Dream. Has it made you any happier? If it’s inspired you to dream big and work toward those [...]

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Imagine your life as a giant block of stone. The stone has potential and purpose, but in its current form, it doesn’t speak to your soul.
So you get out a chisel and start chipping. You chip away bad habits. You chip away unnecessary material goods. You chip away ideals that others [...]

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You are more than your CD collection. There, I said it. I’ve officially pissed off every High Fidelity-loving, rare B-side collecting, “I loved them before they sold out” music junkie. It had to be said. I’ll say it one more time for the cheap seats: you are more than your [...]