My Third Pillar of Sustainability – Connection

My Third Pillar of Sustainability – Connection

We covered my three pillars of sustainability, went into detail on how I use the lens of health and the lens of happiness to shape my behavior, and now it’s time for the final pillar and lens: connection.  In a way, I feel like connection is the pillar that really ties everything together – I can be at the top […]

TSL:SFN – The Insect Epiphany w/ Barrett Klein

TSL:SFN – The Insect Epiphany w/ Barrett Klein

Barrett Klein investigates mysteries of sleep in societies of insects, creates entomo-art, and is ever on the search for curious connections that bind our lives with our six-legged allies. Barrett studied entomology at Cornell University and the University of Arizona, fabricated natural history exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, worked with honeybees for his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, […]

My Second Pillar of Sustainability: Happiness

My Second Pillar of Sustainability: Happiness

In my previous two posts, I described my three pillars to a meaningful life: health, happiness, and connection. They are 3 lenses that I use to evaluate everything I do in life and see whether it’s contributing positively to my life or not. Then I went into a bit more detail about how I use the lens of health. Now […]

My First Pillar of Sustainability: Health – How Living Healthy Creates Meaning While Also Positively Impacting The Planet

My First Pillar of Sustainability: Health – How Living Healthy Creates Meaning While Also Positively Impacting The Planet

In my previous post, I described my three pillars to a meaningful life: health, happiness, and connection. They are 3 lenses that I use to evaluate everything I do in life and see whether it’s contributing positively to my life or not. Health is the first and most obvious one to understand why I include it. Why health is foundational […]

Blackout! Lessons Learned From a Night Without Electricity

Blackout! Lessons Learned From a Night Without Electricity

January 26th, 2025 – 8:12pm: CRACK-BOOM! It was like lightning had just struck our house. All the lights go out as we’re dropped into darkness. My wife, step-mother, and daughter scream as both the baby and dog come running terrified. I go to the window to check how many of our neighbors are affected by the blackout. Total darkness. It’s […]

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