My journey into minimalism may have started with personal care products. As a man, I likely use far less stuff than women when it comes to personal care, but there is still a lot of stuff marketed to men. For me, my minimalist personal care products are few in number, contain few ingredients, and have […]
as of 5-19-2021 I am a husband, father, brother, son, and friend. I am an environmentalist, photographer, explorer, and storyteller. Each day, I wake up early and declare my intention for the day: to create the highest quality of life for myself and my loved ones, and to help others do the same. My day […]
Are you considering doing a dopamine detox? Do you feel like external stimuli, such as social media, video games and the other multitude of temptations that make up our modern digital world have hijacked your brain? If so, the idea of a dopamine detox, which attempts to reset everything, might be tempting–but it’s unlikely […]
The phones of today are modern marvels, allowing us to carry a phone, computer, television, camera, library, radio, and our entire social network around in our pocket. And they are addicting. Each app is designed to keep our focus. Every color, sound, notification, haptic feedback carefully selected to draw us in and when our attention […]
I was 30 years old, and I had shingles. People my age are not supposed to get shingles. Shingles is a disease for someone twice my age, or so I thought. Shingles is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, VZV for short. VZV is also the same virus that causes chickenpox. The painful […]
