"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle ...
Averse to Adventure
Are you averse to adventure? Are you allergic to yourself? Mike Ragsdale, one of my inspirations in the hyperlocal media realm, thinks you are. We’ve become averse to adventure and allergic to ourselves. ~ Mike Ragsdale Sadly, I think he's onto something. [pullquote]Adventure is my affliction, my addiction, my muse, my Holy Grail...[/pullquote]The context for his observation — lamenting Land ...
Experiment
My bride laughs at the way I pronounce "experiment". Apparently I say /ikˈspirˌmənt/ or something not too far from that. Vestiges of a southern father? No clue. And given the way I pepper my language and life with references to this word, I afford my loving-but-laughing partner plenty of chuckling. It's made me a bit self-conscious when I say the word, but doing it is another thing altogether. My ...
Wo/ander
Today I am a velo flâneur. [pullquote]A bicycle flâneur yielding to the siren call of knotted byways. Wonderful. Wanderful.[/pullquote] Instead of hustling up a mountain on two wheels, one of my favorite exercise routines in Santa Fe, I decide to wo/ander. To wonder about the spiderweb of (mostly dirt and gravel) roads near my home, unfamiliar roads, many of which I've never walked or ridden or ...
Your Goldfish Attention Span Just Got Shorter
Feeling flighty? Wondering why? Your attention span is shorter than a goldfish! The average attention span for the notoriously ill-focused goldfish is nine seconds, but according to a new studyfrom Microsoft Corp., people now generally lose concentration after eight seconds, highlighting the affects of an increasingly digitalized lifestyle on the brain. Researchers in Canada surveyed 2,000 ...
Midlife Balance
In a moment of abandon — or obsessive noodling — I dictate "midlife balance" into my digital tutor. The answer is out there, in the internets, waiting, tucked between middle and mindfulness. Only, it's not, or not quite, or I spelled it wrong because I conjure up an avalanche of herbal supplements. Magical elixirs for women. [pullquote]I sense that I'm not in the club. Manopause, yes; menopause, ...