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A Deep Look at “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary #1)

12.13.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

A Deep Look at “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary #1)

This is the first of three posts in a book summary series on Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. You can jump to the other two posts here: Your Purpose on "A New Earth" (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #2) Humanity's Evolution to "A New Earth" (Eckhart … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Mindfulness, Peace, Perspective, Spirituality, Voluntary Simplicity Tags // A New Earth, Awareness, Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Ego, Enlightenment, Non-Attachment, Non-Judgement, Non-Resistance, Oneness, Power of Now, Presence, Spirituality

Your Purpose on “A New Earth” (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #2)

12.13.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Your Purpose on “A New Earth” (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #2)

This is the second of three posts in a book summary series on Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. You can jump to the other two posts here: A Deep Look at "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary #1) Humanity's Evolution to "A New Earth" … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Mindfulness, Peace, Perspective, Purpose, Spirituality Tags // A New Earth, Awakened Doing, Awakening, Beingness, Consciousness, Doing vs Being, Eckhart Tolle, Ego, Essence, Inner Purpose, Know Thyself, Life Purpose, Outer Purpose, Universal Intelligence

Humanity’s Evolution to “A New Earth” (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #3)

12.13.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Humanity’s Evolution to “A New Earth” (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #3)

This is the third of three posts in a book summary series on Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. You can jump to the other two posts here: A Deep Look at "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary #1) Your Purpose on "A New Earth" (Eckhart Tolle … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Mindfulness, Peace, Perspective, Purpose, Spirituality, Voluntary Simplicity Tags // A New Earth, Awakening, Awareness, Beingness, Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Ego, Enlightenment, Essence, Eternity, Evolution, Humanity, Purpose, Social Norms, Spirituality, Transcendence

Elon Musk’s (Unbalanced) Workweek to Change the World

11.29.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Elon Musk’s (Unbalanced) Workweek to Change the World

I respect Elon Musk and think he's a fascinating human being. I even have a few quotes from him about perspective and purpose listed on my quotes page: In order to make the right decisions, you have to understand something. If you don’t understand … [Read more...]

Categories // Balance, Perspective, Purpose Tags // Balanced Life, Change the World, Elon Musk, Four Burners Theory, Leisure, Life Roles, Purpose, Work-Life Balance, Workweek

My Buy Nothing Year: How I Bought NO Clothing for a Year & 5 Things I Learned

11.24.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

My Buy Nothing Year: How I Bought NO Clothing for a Year & 5 Things I Learned

"Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have." ― Doris Mortman So, it turns out I just completed a "buy nothing year" with clothing—including shoes, accessories, everything. I've written a couple progress … [Read more...]

Categories // Minimalism, Simple Living, Slow Fashion, Slow Money, Voluntary Simplicity Tags // Buy Nothing Year, FIRE, Minimalism, No Buy Year, No Shopping Year, No Spend Challenge, Shopping Ban, Voluntary Simplicity

Slow Fashion 101: What is Slow Fashion (vs Ethical Fashion & Sustainable Fashion)?

11.23.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 1 Comment

Slow Fashion 101: What is Slow Fashion (vs Ethical Fashion & Sustainable Fashion)?

“Wear confidence. It is the height of fashion.” — Haemin Sunim Today is Black Friday and Cyber Monday is right around the corner, so I thought a brief dive into slow fashion would be a timely topic. If you've read the slow living post series, you … [Read more...]

Categories // Minimalism, Simple Living, Slow Fashion Tags // 101, Eco Fashion, Environment, Ethical Fashion, Kate Fletcher, Minimalism, Slow Fashion, Sustainable Fashion

My All-Time Top 3 Learnings from Maria Popova of Brain Pickings

11.12.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 1 Comment

My All-Time Top 3 Learnings from Maria Popova of Brain Pickings

"Among our most universal human longings is to affect the world with our actions somehow, to leave an imprint with our existence." — Maria Popova  Maria Popova has read and written thousands of pieces of content over the last 12 years of … [Read more...]

Categories // Mindfulness, Perspective, Purpose Tags // Authenticity, Being, Brain Pickings, Combinatorial Creativity, Figuring, How to Live, Humanity, Life Lessons, Maria Popova, Presence, Purpose

3 Profound Life Lessons from “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace

11.11.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // 2 Comments

3 Profound Life Lessons from “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace

In 2005, David Foster Wallace delivered the "This is Water" commencement speech at Kenyon College. I've studied and written about the most viewed commencement speeches in the past, but this one is special. In just over 20 minutes, he covers the … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Mindfulness, Perspective Tags // Awareness, Book Summary, Choice, Commencement Speeches, Consciousness, David Foster Wallace, Humanity, Life Lessons, This is Water

Life Purpose: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna (Book Summary)

11.05.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

Life Purpose: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna (Book Summary)

"All too often, we feel that we are not living the fullness of our lives because we are not expressing the fullness of our gifts." — Elle Luna I have NO idea how I didn't stumble across Elle Luna's viral blog post or book during my existential … [Read more...]

Categories // Book Summaries, Essentialism, Perspective, Purpose Tags // Book Summary, Crossroads of Should and Must, Elle Luna, Journey, Life Purpose, Money, Passion, Purpose, Time

An Intro to Effective Altruism & How to Do the Most Good in Your Life

11.01.2018 by Kyle Kowalski // Leave a Comment

An Intro to Effective Altruism & How to Do the Most Good in Your Life

"Effective altruism — efforts that actually help people rather than making you feel good or helping you show off — is one of the great new ideas of the 21st century." — Steven Pinker I first came across the effective altruism movement during my … [Read more...]

Categories // Essentialism, Peace, Perspective, Purpose, Voluntary Simplicity Tags // 80000 Hours, Centre for Effective Altruism, Donating, Effective Altruism, GiveWell, Giving What We Can, Matthieu Ricard, Peter Singer, Will MacAskill

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