Tortoise lifestyle in an egg car
My vision for a tortoise lifestyle was inspired by a diplomat and a low tech bike traveler. Despite being itinerant, they were wholly satisfied and fulfilled in their lives. For me, it had seemed like there was no escape from modernity. It was the all too familiar pressure from family and friends, who believe that…
NED: No Electronic Days
COME LETS MAKE A ROAST ON THE FIRE The theme in my life goes something like this: The ocean is rich. The forest is wealthy. Boredom is bliss. In 2018 I adopted a day called “no electronic days,” coined NED for short. Something I began to reclaim my time and my life, NED is simple:…
Creative Block?? So over it??? Lying there unmotivated????????
MAKE SOMETHING. AGAIN. What makes us human in these ceaselessly trying times is creative making with our hands. Even if you’re not an artist or writer, making activities help us with processing complex human experiences, feelings, and thoughts. You’ve heard or directly experienced artists and writers’ block. The need for inspiration or spark. It seems…
🫘WE ARE ALL FLATULENT: A REMINDER TO MAKE BEANS YOUR #1 PRIORITY 🫘
good for your gut, beans make you gaseous, boil the heck out of dried ones, or you’ll get nauseous, canned or frozen beans for lightning meals, creamy, hearty, savory and sweet, try 3-bean chili with coconut rice, beans are truly nature’s golden treat. 🫘 BEANS LEAVE YOU SATISFIED+its nutrients delay gastric emptying leaving you fuller…
Well well well well well well well well if it isn’t insomnia
dry desert nights, unrelenting memories, warm sleepy time tea, 2 mg of melatonin. A cool cave like environment, blue screen, no screen, sunscreen. Hot sandy sand. The waves rumbling. The best sleeps on the sand. To count the sleepless nights I must credit my vivid imagination that yields no fruit. MY constant tormenter and collaborator.…
A piece of driftwood I stumbled upon this summer whispered “Don’t ignore Your Internal Compass” and why I am going to listen to it
A quiet meditation on the emptiness of consumer culture and the deep pull toward a life built on values, simplicity, and human-powered experiences.
Gratitude as attitude
(mood < attitude) When we think of gratitude, we picture it in the form of a verbal “thank you” or gift. Cats bringing their human a mouse, dogs licking their owner’s face, a friend remembering that you like banjos so they get you a tiny banjo keychain. When gifting or phrasing gratitude, we communicate or…
Bulk Creation as a Creative Tool, Not a Trap
Reflections on creativity in the age of constant content. Do we need factory-like output to be artists, can bulk creation be a tool without selling out? A look at hobbyists, internet culture, and finding balance in making art.
Living abroad once in your life
Living abroad helped me question American norms, embrace minimalism, and see culture more clearly—both East and West.
Gloomy days can be good days: flipping the tone
I woke up today feeling groggy, probably from another strange dream with shapeshifting friends and roads going nowhere. I cranked my eyes open before the unconscious world could drag me back into a sticky slumber. Leaping from bed to office chair in 5 seconds, I started writing in hopes that my brain would believe and…
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