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Building Buffers: Finances
We live at the upper limits of our financial means, stress levels, disconnectedness, and ability to mistreat our own bodies. What happens when we live this way? We can’t catch a break. Let’s change that. We’re going to build buffers and start living that the limits that set us free - let’s start with finances.
Radical Reduction™: An Initial Action for When Life Gets Overwhelming
Radical Reduction™ is a narrowing of focus to the fundamentals. You catapult yourself into action to deal with an immediate need. It’s a surge, but instead of doing more, you do less. And as mentioned, you do less, better. Radical Reduction™ is a complete overhaul that includes finances, health, social, environment, and knowledge in times of immediate need.
New Challenge: Create The Break You Can’t Catch.
We live at the upper limits of our financial means, stress levels, disconnectedness, and ability to mistreat our own bodies. What happens when we live this way? We can’t catch a break. Let’s change that. We’re going to build buffers and start living that the limits that set us free - at the edge of our comfort zone, optimal health, fitness potential, investment capacity, intellectual curiousity, skill sets, and connectedness. I’m going to go first.
2 Questions and 3 Rules for Spending This Season
Some of you thought it was bananas, others thought it was impressive, and a few of you used it as motivation. As the Black Friday deals are starting to pop up and Christmas music plays in every store, it’s easy to get caught up in the buying spirit. In this article I share the two biggest questions before I purchase anything and 3 rules you can adopt (or adapt) to support living that big life.
Three Surprising Moves For A Big Life
There are no hacks to get us to our goals quickly. The old fable was right, it is the turtle, not the hare, that wins at life. But what if you want all the freedom? In this article, explore three questions, three moves, that support living a big life.
The 6 Day Pivot After Losing My Job
What would you do if you lost your job? Would you panic? Yell? Cry? Blame? Would you have the means to hold you over until the next job could be secured? If not, would you be able to take enough action and leverage your skills/passion/community to turn things around quickly? In 6 days after being cut, I secured both my immediate and long term future - here’s how.
101 Ways To Live A Big Life
Ever look up at yourself in the mirror and ask “how did I get here?” Sometimes in awe, sometimes in curiousity, sometimes in exasperation. It’s normal. Living a big life includes the full range of what it means to be human with all its guts and glory - having a list, like this 101 Ways to Live a Big Life, can serve as a reminder that your going in the right direction or a nudge to re-adjust headings
Do Less, Better.
How you can do less, better in the Eight Dimensions of Wellness that includes vocational (business). If you asked me what was the best decision I made in 2022, I would tell you that it was to start creating pockets space by doing less better. Space that allowed me to rest, embrace boredom, get creative, connect with friends, and deal with the unexpected with relative ease.
8 Ways to Help Develop Resiliency
It’s not like you’re either born resilient or you’re not, resiliency can be developed. Here are 8 ways to grow and resources.