Nov 3, 2020Be Really Good(Originally written as an email to our subscribers on Really Good Emails) Hello humans, It’s Monday night (as I’m writing this). My dog is playing with my girlfriend out in the yard as it gets dark. My butt is sore from sitting at my desk for too long working on…Good News2 min readGood News2 min read
Jun 19, 20204 Years OldA short list of some lessons learned in four years of sober living. I can either care about being right or being happy. It’s a choice. I would rather be happy. They’re not thinking about you. If you’re worried about what someone is thinking about you, take it from me…Sobriety3 min readSobriety3 min read
Apr 12, 2020Are you willing to let this pandemic change you?It’s Easter Sunday on April 10, 2020. Arguably *every* human on earth is currently affected in some way or another by one common experience. This year the mythology Easter—death, grief, and hope that life will somehow emerge from behind the veil—have new bite. Whether you ascribe to the traditions that…Covid-192 min readCovid-192 min read
Jan 12, 2020How to Enjoy AnythingLetting go of evaluation and critique to increase joy. — When I sort everything I experience into stacks of best to worst I am reducing every experience to a summary — when in fact it can’t be reduced at all. It’s an experience all it’s own. The matter of Taste In 2001 I was working in a cozy nook of a wine bar in…Mindfulness5 min readMindfulness5 min read
Aug 19, 201941 Years in the WildernessHow excommunication, divorce, alcoholism, and trauma saved my life. Heyo folks. Today I’m 41 years old. I think I’ve earned every single candle. Thinking about what my man Motherfuton does every year on his birthday, and I felt like if that hairy beast can do it, then dammit, so can…Addiction6 min readAddiction6 min read
Apr 10, 2018March 2018 PlaylistI’m in the wash. Tumbling around in the dirty water before it drains. I’m being churned. Life is hard y’all, but isn’t wild? There’s nothing like a shit-storm to make you come awake and really feel alive. Here I am. Losing all the answers I’ve collected.Playlist1 min readPlaylist1 min read
Feb 1, 2018How Do You Love Yourself?The concept of self-esteem was a pill we were taught to swallow when all the kids rode Big Wheels back in the day. I don’t think I was told “You need to love yourself”, but it was something along those lines and even then the concept felt selfish and squishy. …Love9 min readLove9 min read
Jan 6, 2018Things I am learning from some uncomfortable shit in 2017.My pain is in direct correlation with the amount of control I try to have over my life and others lives. When I accept life as it is, I am able to experience suffering and joy as unique blessings — love notes from life. …20174 min read20174 min read
Oct 22, 2017Thank YouThank you breath. How incredible is it that I breathe and live? How incredible that my body knows to breathe even when I forget. That feels like grace, a benefit of life that I don’t work for—a gift. Thank you heart. You move blood around my body so I can…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Oct 11, 2017Weekend Book RecommendationI sat with a group of 20 people on Saturday at Grok and we talked about the books we are reading. This list came out of that. Enjoy. Business/Philosophy: Yes, And Yes, And has 463 ratings and 61 reviews. Kressel said: The title of this book comes from the basic concept behind…www.goodreads.com Contagious Contagious has 12,938 ratings and 1,193 reviews. Liz said: If this material is enough to cover an entire Wharton MBA…www.goodreads.comBooks2 min readBooks2 min read
