Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata The email habits that work for me: Limited email processing times. I don’t keep email open all day, nor do I open it frequently. I have come to peace with the idea that I can let email pile up to 20-30 messages and my world won’t collapse, nor … Continue reading My Essential Email Habits
28 Brilliant Tips for Living Life
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata Sometimes the littlest change can make a world of difference. Start waking a little earlier and spending some quiet time to start your day? The rest of the day has been transformed. What little change might change your life? You can pick one or two from the list … Continue reading 28 Brilliant Tips for Living Life
Shaken By Life’s Beauty, Shaken
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Netby Leo Baubata “You lethargic, waiting upon me,waiting for the fire and Iattendant upon you, shaken by your beautyShaken by your beautyShaken.”~William Carlos Williams This morning I awoke, meditated in the quiet dark empty room, and then went to make my coffee. The world outside is wet, and the raindrops patter upon … Continue reading Shaken By Life’s Beauty, Shaken
The Willingness To Think Differently
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata I can summarize the most successful people I’ve ever known with one trait: the willingness to challenge mainstream ideas. This has been the key to everything good in my life too: I changed my health and drastically reduced my carbon footprint when I stopped eating like everyone else … Continue reading The Willingness To Think Differently
The Beginner’s Guide to Unschooling
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata There’s nothing I get asked about more as a parent than unschooling, and nothing I recommend more to other parents. It’s an educational philosophy that provides for more freedom than any other learning method, and prepares kids for an uncertain and rapidly changing future better than anything else … Continue reading The Beginner’s Guide to Unschooling
How to Wait Less
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata ‘How much of human life is lost in waiting?’ ~Ralph Waldo Emerson So much of our lives are spent waiting. We wait in lines, we wait for the perfect person, we can’t wait for our dreams to come true, we look forward to the day when we have … Continue reading How to Wait Less
The Habit of Starting
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata The biggest reason people fail at creating and sticking to new habits is that they don’t keep doing it. That seems obvious: if you don’t keep doing a habit, it won’t really become a habit. So what’s the solution to this obvious problem? Find a way to keep … Continue reading The Habit of Starting
Happiness is Uncovering What You Already Have
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Net by Leo Baubata When I set out to convert my unhappiness with my life into happiness, about 7 years ago, I had some ideas about how to do it. I was going to get out of debt and lose weight and get a better job and declutter my house and get … Continue reading Happiness is Uncovering What You Already Have
