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Category Archives: Personal Freedom
Achievement Without Effort
One of my favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone is called “A Nice Place to Visit”. It involves a thief who is fatally shot and finds himself in a place where he gets anything and everything he wants. He doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged "A Nice Place to Visit", accomplishment, achievement, Achievement Without Effort, challenge, effort, struggle, success, The Twilight Zone, victory
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Creative Destruction
There is an economic concept called creative destruction. This refers to the continuous changes that occur within an economy as old systems are eliminated and new systems arise. I’ve also heard this applied to specifically to industries or even individual … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged adaptation, business, change, Creative Destruction, economics, elimination, improvement, progress
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Crescendo Amelia Big Band and the Roaring Twenties Dance
Last night, I danced to some awesome music by Crescendo Amelia Big Band. This was the first event of theirs that I’ve been to in a while and I had a blast. Here’s an overview of that great night. The … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Personal Freedom, Swing Dancing
Tagged Crescendo Amelia Big Band, Crescendo Amelia Big Band and the Roaring Twenties Dance, dancing, fun, music, Roaring Twenties, swing dancing, swing music
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What’s the Rush?
How many people do you know who are always rushing around, never stopping to catch their breath or smell the flowers? For them, the present is an obstacle preventing them from getting to some point in the future where they’d … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Alan Watts, breath, future, guided meditation, meditation, present, present moment, rushing, stress, thoughts
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Life Paths
There is so much pressure to follow a certain path in life. I see so many people who are burnt out, going through the motions, and doing things that other people want them to do instead of things that they … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged communication, dreams, families, friends, goals, internet, Life Paths, plans
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Adding Positive Experiences
I discovered a life hack last year that works wonders for recovering from difficult, awkward, or even painful situations. I have a hard time forgetting such situations and I tend to replay them in my head. Mindfulness meditation and floating … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged Adding Positive Experiences, adventures, Alabama, Fear, Florida, fun, Lollies and Lemonade 2019, Orlando, peace, road trips, swing dancing, travel, trips
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Small Talk
I’ve never been a fan of small talk. At best, it’s a harmless way to pass the time. At worst, it’s draining and completely uninspiring. I prefer talking to people I know well since that typically minimizes small talk and … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged close encounters of the social kind, communication, conversations, How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing With People, Les Giblin, small talk
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A Lovely Season
This is an interesting season in my life. In short, it feels like I’m retired. This might seem like a strange thing to say, considering that I’m still working at my new job, I have about as many hours as … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Lovely Season, business, calm, entrepreneurship, financial freedom, floating, happiness, interests, passions, retire, retirement, work
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Infinity Stones and Life Hacks
Many of the recent Marvel movies feature Infinity Stones, which are six cosmic objects that each control a certain aspect of the universe (space, time, souls, minds, power, and reality). Each individual Stone is already incredibly powerful on its own … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Great Movies, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Avengers: Endgame, boundaries, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Infinity Stones, Infinity Stones and Life Hacks, Life Hacks, Marvel, The Four Agreements, The Power of Now
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The Path of Least Resistance
There’s a concept I first heard about in high school called “the path of least resistance”. From what I’ve gathered, it’s a way to avoid rocking the boat or upsetting anyone, so it’s an appealing option for some people. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged boundaries, deference, negativity, resistance, selfishness, The Path of Least Resistance, Win/Win
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