Peak Being: an intentional way of being human

My attention my choice. This should be a thing. People need to be out in the streets protesting – “Hands off my attention.” There are precious few things that belong only to us.  Things that no one can take from us by anything other than force.  What we pay attention to is one of them. …

Today I was interviewing for a passion project I want to be a part of.  Most of the interview went really well and then we started to talk compensation, and it was a lot more generous than I realized.  So I blurted out “jokes on you I would do this for free!”  That’s true, I…

For the longest time I didn’t take my lunch to work. Five days a week I ate out. Pizza, bbq sandwiches, Chinese, whatever the team decided. Come 1200, it’s what everyone did, take a break and go out to eat. Thing is I never really enjoyed eating out. Sure sometimes I chose where we would…

The thing about your opinion is it doesn’t matter. That’s right, i said it, your opinion doesn’t matter.  We all show up in life with opinions.  Our favorite color, the correct items to spend money on, politics, even which sport team is the best.  Opinions everywhere. Offensive opinions everywhere. It’s wild an opinion can be…

I plopped down on my seat with a sigh of releif, my feet were killing me.   I had been sight seeing around Paris with a friend and we had walked everywhere.  Now we were on the subway to our hotel and all I could think of was to taking my shoes off and soaking…

Growing up we spent a lot of time in outdoor spaces.  My father would take us hiking, we’d bike through the woods with friends, or go camping with our religious community.  I had one friend who just enjoyed sitting silently by the creek and I would often join him too.  Two themes that often came…

As a child, I loved going to 7-11 with my father. I would stare at the slurpee machines, the mixer going round and round hypnotizing me. Sometimes he would get us slurpees, but most times we’d be on our way quickly. In those moments, I would think “I can’t wait to grow up, then I’m…

I love history, in particular the stories and experiences of the people who lived it. I love being transported to a time so different it may as well be another planet. How is it that I can relate to ancient people that lived thousands of years ago. How can I have feelings of empathy or…

Should you really start with the end in mind? I suppose it makes sense. Starting with the end in mind helps us align our actions to a goal. If you want to lose 20 pounds of weight, it can help guide a workout program. If you want to make a salad, it can inform you…

I went to the store to buy a jar of peanut butter.  I knew Jiffy was out, influencers have taught me well that hydrogenated oils are the devil. “Buy products that have ingredients you can pronounce” was the rallying cry of a conscientious shopper. Ahh, Justin’s peanut butter. Just three ingredients. Peanuts, salt and palm…