Yesterday I was looking back at some old blog posts from 2002, my first year of blogging. At the time blogging platforms were next to nonexistent, so I took to pasting my posts onto webpages like a dork. In 2007 I shifted to WordPress, and in 2008 my book RenGen:...
Tag: Life
Getting to Your Essence: A Lesson from Buckminster Fuller
Recognizing what makes us a whole person at our core should feel natural, but it so often eludes us in rocky times. Tuning into your innermost essence can help you navigate the next chapter of your life, and make the difference you need to make. For decades, I’ve drawn inspiration...
What Makes Content Delicious? 4 Key Ingredients
Like so many days during COVID, I was out of ideas for what to make for dinner. That’s how I discovered that my cherished copy of a NYT Cooking special insert was missing from its usual place. It’s a collection of “no-fail” recipes from food contributor Sam Sifton. Breaking the...
The Importance of Feeling Like a Fool—A Love Story
A few years ago, after an amicable parting of the ways with my ex, I found myself single and as time passed, I decided to try online dating. One of the strangest, but most intriguing and redemptive things I learned in the process is that love makes everyone feel like...
Resolutions, Self-determination, and What Makes a Change Stick
I’ve been setting and forgetting resolutions my whole life. Like most people, I’ve had mixed results. Like the year I got incredibly fit and lost 40 pounds after I turned 50. Or the time I found a beautiful little house in a good area that I could actually afford. Or...
The Rising LGBTQ Tide and Millennial Voters
I don’t usually cover politics. I prefer to write about people and things that change the culture. Spring means commencement speeches, and often politicians pop up to give them, including Vice President Mike Pence. I love following college graduations because they offer a rare snap shot into what’s trending as...
2019 Resolution: Break Free from the Work/Life Paradox Part 1
Wow, 2018 was a year of countless unforeseen changes. You too? Rising to each challenge proved to be wearing. I burnt out. What to do? Because the amount of complexity in our lives is not subsiding. The research reveals that failure to cope, if not adapt, will make us very...