This week’s post is deliberately short and simple because I’m giving myself permission to rest. In fact, that’s the whole message: You have permission to rest. I believe it was Tal Ben-Shahar, in his Positive Psychology class at Harvard, who said that the problem is not that we work too much, but that we rest too little. Stress, he argued, is like physical exercise: It can make us stronger as… Read More »Permission to Rest
It’s cliché to say that you can’t please everyone. But this is precisely the sort of sanity-restoring wisdom that we all understand to be true, and we all routinely forget. So here’s a little gem that has been helping me remember … and causing me to quietly chuckle to myself whenever I think of it: You are not the jackass whisperer. This wisdom comes to us from author Scott Stratten,… Read More »You Are Not the Jackass Whisperer
Have you ever had a near-death experience? I have. A year and a half ago, I took a bad ski fall, which I described in my post on gratitude journaling. In case you missed that post, here’s the story: I was skiing along the edge of a 30-foot tall, frozen waterfall – a terraced cliff, covered in ice. Taking a right-hand turn near the edge of the cliff, my skis… Read More »Every Day is a Bonus Day
Summer is more than half over. But don’t panic, and don’t rush to cram in as much as you can. In fact, do the opposite: Slow down and savor the time you have left in this season. Get outside. Get together with friends and family. Enjoy these final weeks of summer as fully as you’re able. And as you’re enjoying them, take the time to really savor each of the… Read More »Savoring