Don’t waste your time! Where did this saying come from? Does it come from the view that if we don’t accomplish anything then it’s a waste of time? How do we know what is a good use of time? It seems as a society we value time on our productivity…

Growing up surfing in Hawaii. Hiking the lush green mountains. Swimming in the blue sea. My dad has always shown me how it’s done. I have an older brother and would always follow him around. I would act like he would act. …

Growing up I came to believe the more opportunities the better. The world is our oyster. I went to college thinking it would bring more choices and opportunities. Our choices in life have an impact on how our lives turn out. …

Feeling good coming out of a meditation session at a local sangha, which is a community of Zen buddhists. I tell myself I’m all put together. I am centered because I finished this hour long meditation. I get in my car and drive to the other side of the mountain…

We tell ourselves who we are. I’m a painter. I’m kind. I’m a writer. We have habits that we do. And as we do them we reinforce our identity. Say for example I go to the gym 5 days a week. Then I tell myself I’m a gym goer, because…

50 pushups a day. That’s my new goal. When we set goals we usually tend to have something measurable. It’s easier to know if you reach your goal. So if I hit this pushup goal does it mean I am healthy? Maybe, but what if my diet is terrible or…

I always beat myself up for putting things off till the next day, then it becomes the next day and before you know it I admit it’s procrastination. When we start to ask the difficult questions: Why? Who am I? What is my purpose?, we eventually store it away in…

Have you ever been lost or lonely? At a point in your life where nothing is working out. It feels like life has picked you up in a tidal wave of events and you have no control over what happens. Stop that! Don’t believe that you have no control over…

Have you ever tried to pick up a hobby and failed? Yea you stop when it gets difficult, you start to believe you can’t do this and ask yourself why am I even trying? It’s not going to make a difference. It happens to me all the time! But what…