“We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other.” Along the spectrum of losses, from the door keys to the love of one’s life, none is more unimaginable, more incomprehensible in its unnatural violation of being and time, than a parent’s loss of a child….
This essay is adapted from Traversal. Sitting in the packed playhouse of the Bowery Theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side one balmy evening in the summer of 1833 is a teenage boy who can barely afford the theater — he can barely afford his bread — but there he is, rosy-cheeked — an almost baby-like…
“We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone.” “We are what we repeatedly do,” Aristotle famously proclaimed. “Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Perhaps most fascinating in Michael Lewis’s altogether fantastic recent Vanity Fair profile of Barack Obama is, indeed, the President’s relationship with habit —…
Weekend Wisdom: For a more leisurely week ahead, schedule an extra 10-15 minutes in between everything. What are you doing on next Thursday, April 23rd? Want to hang out? I’m hosting a live Declutter Hour to focus… The post taking love to the stars + best decluttering tips appeared first on Be More with Less….
Conflict is inevitable—but disconnection doesn’t have to be. This powerful piece reveals why relationships don’t fail from conflict, but from the absence of repair. With deep clinical insight, it shows how self-awareness, empathy, and intentional communication can transform tension into trust, intimacy, and lasting connection—guiding couples from rupture back to a relationship that feels like…
“The amazing, the unforgivable thing was that all his life he had watched the march of ruined men into the oblivion of poverty and disgrace—and blamed them.” -The Weapon Shops of Isher, A.E. van Vogt In the previous essay, I discussed the role of chance in artistic success. In Salganik’s discussion of his…
