| The Art of Living for Students of Life
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This summary has a companion post for Premium Members: 🔒 How to Adjust your Unconscious Default Setting with “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace (+ Infographic) In 2005, David Foster Wallace delivered the "This is Water" commencement speech at …
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"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 …
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This is a passion post I've wanted to dig into and write about for some time. My wife has been buying Dr. Bronner's organic, fair trade soaps for years. And, almost exactly a year ago, we watched the documentary Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox. Since …
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“He who studies with a philosopher should take home with him some good thing every day; he should daily return home a sounder man, or on the way to becoming sounder.” — Seneca (4BC–AD65) I'm a fan of philosophy and have been a "student of life" for …
“The first principle of all action is leisure.” — Aristotle Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.¹ In 1932, at 60 years old, he wrote In …
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When it comes to busyness, there's plenty of info online that states the what (we're all busy) and gives you tips about how to unbusy your work and life. But, they often leave out why we are so busy. A fascinating piece of busyness research …
