I waded into the kitchen last night after dinner and saw glass bottles EVERYWHERE 😳 I say “waded” because it was like wading into the ocean, except instead of water, it was a 3-foot deep “sea” of glass bottles (thankfully, the bottles were unbroken). There were glass bottles on the floor… …glass bottles on all … Continue reading
It’s simple advice. Just be here now. Don’t think. Don’t imagine anything. Just be here now. And yet… It’s incredibly difficult, is it not? Look at how most people live. It’s ALL about distractions. It’s as if the entire world is designed simply to distract us from what’s happening right now. Thinking is simply the … Continue reading
Adyashatmypants is back, this time with her very own podcast… …with the provocative title of Sex, Money & Rage and a non-stop flow of bad jokes, weird puns and unconventional guests (like one of the highest paid sex workers in the world). Since we’re family (as well as the fact that she has the obviously enlightened spiritual … Continue reading
Back when I lived in Thailand, I found it impossible to stay motivated. I’d start out strong, setting million dollar goals, getting up at 5am and working all freaking day… …for approximately 3 weeks. Then I’d hit a rock hard wall of stone. The motivation would vanish and I’d start sleeping in until 10, procrastinating … Continue reading
It’s like you’re in a constant fog. You can hear fine… …but you have trouble listening. You know what to say… …but you can’t quite say it. It’s not fear that’s holding you back… …but rather that your body (and everything in it) is just frozen. Maybe it feels like you’re having one of those … Continue reading
Back in 2018, I spent a night in a Thai hospital. I’d injured myself doing shoulder stands on the gymnastics rings at GoGym Chiang Mai. I’m sure it looked cool to all the people on the treadmills as they watched… …but it also gave me a hernia 😭 (A hernia is a tear in the … Continue reading
I’d like to tell you a dirty little secret about my life today. You wanna know what it is? I never open my eyes. That’s right. I live my life with my eyes shut. I cook my breakfast with my eyes shut. I write these emails with my eyes shut. Hell, I even go to … Continue reading
Like smoking, it helps us to disconnect from our day. From the stress of replying to emails from Karen in Human Resources. From the pain of working a job or career we don’t enjoy to buy shit we don’t need (like that blue kayak in the garage that never gets used). From thoughts about how … Continue reading
I’ve been taking Ju Jitsu classes here in The Sacred Valley in Peru for the last 12 months. My teacher Chase lives around the corner from me. 2 mins from door-to-door. Pretty cool. He’s a black belt and one hell of a fighter. He also doesn’t teach “Sport BJJ” – the kind of BJJ you … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I got the ol’ Boxer serviced: The mechanic did his thing for an hour while I gallivanted around Urabamba to get the groceries. I came back, paid the dude and then off I went. Everything was fine at first. The bike started with no issues. Plenty of power on the open … Continue reading