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How Learning, Creating, and Connecting Define a Life Well-Lived

Blog, Inspiring, Play Spaces / March 1, 2026

I spend a great deal of time in my own head which isn’t always wise of course.I navigate my internal landscape to understand myself, the world, and the intricate relationship between the two (or is there really no separation?) Through this constant introspection, I’ve realized that my existence gravitates toward three primary pillars: Learning, Creating, […]

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Just be an observer for a day

Blog, Inspiring, Play Spaces, Tool Box / October 24, 2025

There is so much to learn. For a day, or really better yet a lifetime, just observe. Don’t judge, which will help prevent getting angry or feeling entitled or any of those other distracting things. Just observe. What makes me mad? How does my body feel when this or that happens or is said or

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I only know how to be me

Blog, Inspiring, It will be okay, Play Spaces, Tool Box / February 15, 2025

I only know how to be me and I even suck at that at times. I can’t be you, I don’t know your struggles or beliefs or experiences. I would mess it up. I don’t even know how to be my wife of nearly thirty years. I have no clue how to be my

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Do dogs need purpose?

Blog, Inspiring, It will be okay, Play Spaces, Tool Box / December 28, 2024

Do dogs need purpose? I feel pretty confident that dogs are better than humans, and to the best of my knowledge they do not wake up in the morning and challenge themselves to actualize their purpose. Can I learn from dogs? Can I not? Am I holding myself in a perpetual prison by forcing purpose

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Swaddled by Bowie

Blog, Inspiring, It will be okay, Play Spaces, Rainbows, Travel With Me / October 25, 2024

It is a cold otherwise impersonal dark autumn morning in Seattle as I sit here held in Love by 1971 David Bowie. Why did I not more fully explore the depth of your catalog until after you died; 26 studio albums, were you mortal? Life on Mars is currently holding me tight. Its beauty allows

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