Until a few hundred years ago, your ancestors went to bed shortly after dark, slept for four hours, woke for an hour or two, then went back to bed for a “second sleep.” This pattern was the norm throughout much …
The Art of Misfitting
As the playwright George Bernard Shaw once put it: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, …
On Happiness
I have been gone from the farmhouse a while, gallivanting around Colorado, first at a horse show in the foothills and then playing Maid of Honor at one of my best friend’s weddings up in the mountains. I was lucky …
5 Reasons I Love Living In Downtown Cincinnati
My wife and I sold our way-too-big-for-two-people-and-a-small-dog house in May and moved into an apartment in downtown Cincinnati. There are things I don’t love about living here. The apartment is kinda small. Our upstairs neighbor is loud sometimes. Motorcycles love …
Entitled, Privileged, and Elite
Two of my coworkers were having a discussion about wealth. The distribution of wealth, actually. I was merely an eavesdropper, but I’m sure the shock could clearly be seen all over my face when I heard one of them say, …
Sports Are Weird
I realized something recently: Sports are weird. Not playing sports. Playing sports is great (and an excellent source of exercise). Watching sports is weird. And rooting for a particular team is the weirderest. Think about it. All but one team …
Are You Willing To Put On “Rebel Career Pants?”
As you might imagine, as the self-described Chief Career Happiness Officer of the planet, I love Career Rebellion! I have no data to back it up, but it seems like the “Career Happiest” people I know have had either one …
12 Reasons I Love Cincinnati
It’s 2014. If you live in Cincinnati and still think the city is lame or boring, or that there’s nothing fun to do, the problem is you, not Cincinnati. Why do I love Cincinnati so much? Here are 12 reasons: 1. …
LeBron James, Star Wars, and The Lion King
American scholar Joseph Campbell spent his life comparing mythologies and found that a single “storyline” appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development throughout history. He called it the Hero’s Journey. His books have been the go to …
My American Dream
Tomorrow, I’ll celebrate the 4th of July. And like most Americans, I’ll celebrate not because I’m hyper-patriotic, but mostly because I like an excuse to miss work, spend time with family and friends, drink alcohol, and watch ‘splosions in the …