It’s now 2016. I haven’t blogged here in a while – partly because we changed everything. Again. We moved back to Atlanta a few months ago and resumed life in the city. The biggest initial benefit was that our son could be inserted back into preschool, and learn with his friends once again. It was difficult to find adequate social …
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Advice: DO NOT GIVE UP
Let me tell you something you already know. No matter what, do not give up. Fight. Relax. Flow. Change. Grow. Oh – and don’t worry. That’s everything I know. It’s not an all or nothing. Stop being so dramatic. Keep going. Right now we’re deep in the middle of a two month road trip. I know it looks easy – …
Working Hard at Not Working Hard
The universe does not work hard. It does not struggle. It does not have limits. I’m trying to be like the universe. Effortlessly making miracles and bending reality – with no regard to what anyone f*cken thinks. Blowing up stars, creating life, being bigger and stranger than anything can fathom. Effortlessly going about it’s ridiculous, funny, and amazing existence. And …
Own Your Life
Photo Credit: Melissa Maples You have this life, right? And you have all these things you want to do and a million things stopping you. But most of those things stopping you are excuses, illusions, or obstacles you can work around and just haven’t yet. Seriously. There are few things that will actually, truly stop you from doing what you …
For My Mom on Her Retirement
My mom recently retired from over 40 years of teaching. For most of those years, she taught Kindergarten. She’s the epitome of the perfect Kindergarten teacher – kind, nurturing, energetic, sing-songy, and able to hold a classroom of young children under her spell. Did you ever have a teacher you loved? Really, deeply loved? One you drew pictures for, wrote …
Make More Time to Live Your Life (How to)
How do you make more time to go out and live your life? Step One: Stop reading every how-to list on the internet. j/k (kind of not.) The topic posted above is wrong. The question is wrong, and bad questions generally lead to bad answers. A better question to ask is ‘What would I do if I had enough time to do …
What Has Changed for Me?
Febuary 27, 2015 was the last day I had a permanent residence. In that time, I’ve been in North GA, traveled around Turkey, and I’m now on a small organic farm in North Carolina, in the midst of the Nantahala Forest. It’s beautiful. All of it. I’m sitting on a covered porch right now listening to a chorus of… something. …