small life, slow life

The Difference Between a Small Life and a Boring Life

Boring – waiting, agitated, empty, limited, disjointed, expectant, irritable, restless. Small – fulfilled, accepting, patient, peaceful, boundless, self-approved, appreciative, generous. “Small life, slow life” does not equate to “impoverished life, boring life.” Don’t worry; I didn’t used to know the difference either. When I found out I’d be living in Japan in a tiny farming … Continue reading →

How I Started: The Yearning for a Smaller, Slower Life. (Also Known As: How I Really, Really Messed up Everything and Barely Made it Back from the Brink.)

I wasn’t even a year out of college and I knew I had life all figured out. I’d graduated from UC Berkeley with a pretty darn good GPA as an English major and had been hired on with a fundraising consulting firm in Calabasas – a rich, suburby part of Los Angeles (and yes, that’s … Continue reading →