i decided to try a different approach to goal setting this year. it’s a baby step, not really a vision board but i wanted to see it’s effectiveness when i am confronted with it every day when i open my refrigerator. my gut feeling that it’s going to be a good reminder on a daily basis. now, i just need to dream bigger!
drive less and stay longer in places. go on longer trips and take less weekend trips. i’ve taken quite a few number trips in the RV since i got it in june. i must say that the pace i am taking it out is not really sustainable in terms of mileage for sure. far too much driving not not enough exploring. always feeling like i am going to the next destination. probably not unlike my life. always looking forward to the next milestone as oppose to being present in the current state of being. yeah, that needs […]
i remember getting my first mountain bike back in 98. and for the next 5 years, i had found my calling on the recreational front and the fun was epic. to be honest, it wasn’t like we were hard core about it or anything but it was definitely something you look forward to scheduling it in on the weekend. a whole day’s schedule was built around that 5 hr window when you can can ride that bike in the trails. then the kids got old and married and that 5 hour activity with the boys got squeeze […]
i am grateful for all the blessings of material, physical and emotional well being that i am experiencing. yet, despite all these blessings, the black hole in my soul deepens as i experience more success in the relative world. the golden handcuffs of well being tightens as i half ass my spiritual journey just enough to feed my ego. i yearn from some great suffering to reset my perspective but that’s just wishful thinking. i am by no means lost but definitely stuck. not willing to pry myself from the addiction of habitual tendencies. who can i […]
i went to visit chris on his 15 acre plot down in big sur. i asked him why he need that much space and the short answer was he wanted the hill on the next plot to watch the sunset from. Chris is one of the few people who i think is creating their own path. most of us follow fairly scripted revolution stories from young kid to habitual adults.
