Image by   fatii_010  from   Pixabay Lately, I’ve been pining for and (sometimes) practicing moderation. Not too much. Not too little. Just enough. But it’s really hard. Most places I look I see a society of extremes. Extreme politics. Extreme wealth (and poverty). Extreme diets. Extreme sports.  It’s extremely  frustrating because for all the breakthroughs in human health and happiness…everything always seems to circle back to moderation. I once read that happiness doesn’t increase...

Image by Xavier Turpain  from Pixabay If you have had even a passing encounter with a professional development seminar, you have likely heard of S.M.A.R.T. goals. The purpose of a S.M.A.R.T. goal is to increase the likelihood that you will reach your goal by making it SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, REALISTIC AND TIME-BASED. But what about scenarios where the outcome is beyond our control and not guaranteed? Who do we become when we can’t be sure our travails will end the way we hoped or at...

Last summer I came across a little paperback titled How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price. Intrigued, I read the first few pages, which are the author’s “Dear John” letter to her phone. I was inspired and thought, “Oh, I should definitely read this book,” and put it on my desk where it sat unopened for two months. Finally, for a number of reasons, I felt compelled to pick it up again. After her break up letter, Price spends the first half of the book sharing all the research and...