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Category: The Examined Life

Today’s post is eight years in the making. Three years ago, I wrote about my list of 100 dreams, and

I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot this past week, so today I’m re-running an updated version of this

I’ve been working on a project these past few months, and for it, I’ve been keeping a new list in

I almost called this “the discipline of being present” or “the discipline of being here,” but that sounds like mindfulness—a

It’s February 2, Groundhog Day, the halfway point of winter. This isn’t an easy month—or an easy season—for many of

Right after Thanksgiving, a very loud construction crew replaced the water lines on my street. It was a big project,

Hey, friends. I started to write this before Christmas and couldn’t get the words out. The holiday season is a recent

Earlier this week I shared 10 things I learned last year, including “don’t overthink it,” something I said (and I’m

I just finished listening to an old podcast where Dan Pink interviews Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of

I’ve been experimenting with Eisenhower boxes lately to sort out my to-do list, that small grid that helps its user

Buckle Up!