In this newsletter:
- Happiness paradox
- Comparison damages happiness
- Living in Chiang Mai
- The downsides

The Happiness Paradox

Side note
I’ll be spending more time pursuing interests in the wellness business, traveling around the Southeast Asia region, educating myself about...

In this newsletter:
- I moved to Thailand
- To be free is everything
- It's My Life - Bon Jovi
- My Way - Frank Sinatra
- Find your freedom

I moved to Thailand – I am free

This might sound crazy, but I moved from Miami Beach to Chiang Mai, Thailand.

My plan was to spend two months...

In this newsletter:
- My audience
- Albert Camus - Lermontov
- Thoughts can destroy us
- A mental prison
- Thoughts determine happiness
- Taking a break from writing
- Bali research trip

People ask me who is my audience, who am I writing for. Some guys think I’m writing about them, or...

In this newsletter:
- A Man in his Sixties
- Men's Passages
- Estate planning
- Medicare enrollment
- AARP - Brooke Shields
- Top 5 killers in your sixties
- Family photo

A Man in his Sixties

“Life offers many rich and varied seasons through the forties and fifties and into the...

In this newsletter:
- Quiet - The Power of Introverts
- Janus, the god
- Individuality versus mutuality
- Calm, not speed

“In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.”
-Isaiah 30:15 

“Peter, you’re a loner.”

When I was married, my wife said...

Last week, I wrote about the Men's Group meeting I attended. One of the guys mentioned something that reminded me of a conversation I had with my friend, Dave, years ago.  

Dave - a true story

Dave:   “Peter, I told my dad I love...

In this newsletter:
- Men's Group Meeting
- Solitude is Luminous
- Sins of the Unlived Life
- Georges Homsi - Transformation Coach
- A Blessing of Solitude

Men's Group Meeting

I recently had coffee with a friend here near the beach. He told me about his rise…and fall. He said he...

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In this newsletter:
- What is a Practice?
- A Practice versus a goal
- Practice and Identity
- My three practices
- Scott Seidewitz - The Ancient Assassin

What is a Practice?

Question: What does it mean to “have a...

In this newsletter:
- Self-Control
- The Power of Habit
- Three Willpower Studies
- What is Self-Control?
- 8 ways to boost Self-Control

Self-Control

My friend
My friend recently told me he’s a sex addict. He was serious. I’ll spare you the details.

We've been close friends...

In this newsletter:
- The Middle Passage
- My midlife crises
- Carl Jung
- James Hollis
- Pablo Casals - Never retire
- Ray Bradbury - Never worked a day in his life

“The midlife crisis, which I prefer to call the Middle Passage, presents us with an opportunity to reexamine our lives and to ask...

In this newsletter:
- One home, one suitcase
- Goodbye, business suits
- My simple life
- Why do we accumulate so much?
- 16 benefits of minimalism
- Marie Kondo
- Japanese tea house

“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car...

In this newsletter:
- The Dream
- Patricia Ryan Madson
- Improv Wisdom
- 13 Improv Maxims
- Key Life Skills from Improv
- YouTube Improve example

The Dream

It was 2015. I was walking across Harvard Yard, on the way to my classroom. My heart was pounding, breathing was difficult, it was hard...