Everyone, unfortunately, has at least one other asshole in their lives (in addition to the one they’ve been attached to since birth). Sometimes it’s a boss or a co-worker, sometimes it’s a friend or acquaintance, and sometimes it’s a relative […]
The crucial role of courage in personal freedom I don’t think of myself as a “courageous” person, at least not in a stereotypical way. We tend to think of “courage” as an attribute of firefighters, of the men and women […]
Travel is often seen as the ultimate expression of personal freedom: if you are free, then you have the freedom to go anywhere, at any time, and do anything you’d like. But I have found that it also works in […]
The New Year is a traditional time to reflect on the past, learn (at least a little) from it, and use it as raw material to make the next year even better. This is a great opportunity for each of […]
A cliché of freedom in America is the classic road trip: getting out on the open road without much of a plan and letting adventure take the wheel is a tried-and true way of declaring your freedom from the routine, […]
Mental freedom relies in part on physical freedom, and the greatest physical freedom is afforded by the greatest level of physical health. The Romans had a phrase for it: mens sana in corpore sano – a sound mind in a […]
Good questions. To answer them, though, we need first to discuss what financial freedom really is and what it means to achieve it. A critical component of personal freedom is financial freedom: having enough financial assets to generate income that […]
A couple of weeks ago I noticed an odd, crescent-shaped blurriness hovering way over on the left side of my field of vision. Not being one to put off such things, I hightailed it to my ophthalmologist, who poked, prodded, […]
This past weekend, I attended a wake and service for the daughter of a cousin of mine. She had been ill for several years, but her passing was still a shock for both her extended and especially her immediate family: […]
“Freedom” is a beguiling concept that has bewitched philosophers, theologians, writers, politicians, entrepreneurs, and psychologists for thousands of years. Why do we yearn for it? Do most of us even know what it means? Before we even talk about “declaring […]
