Seratonin > Dopamine

Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote, "When a man can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure." When I'm not doing the activities that fulfill me - writing, hanging out with friends, being active and social - I have a tendency to fall into bad habits. I go into avoidance mode; I …

The Wave of Life: Four Thousand Weeks and the Preciousness of Time

In his book Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman proposes "...life is just a process of engaging with problem after problem, giving each one the time it requires... the presence of problems in your life, in other words, isn't an impediment to a meaningful existence but the very substance of one" Reading this, I recollected a …

30 Life Lessons (I feel to be helpful but which I don’t always follow) on My 30th Birthday

At the Rise for the River benefit concert in Montana just a few months ago, John Mayer interrupted his solo acoustic performance to talk about his 2012 album, Born & Raised. It happens to be one of my favorite albums. When he paused to reflect on the record, John began speaking about his deep love …