Author Archives: ljgale

Future

People don’t like hearing about the future.

You might be right.

You might be wrong.

But everyone would rather you come back to today.

Three questions

Three questions:

  1. What are you grateful for?
  2. What would make today a success?
  3. What would make today fun?

Answer these three questions first thing in the morning and all your problems will be solved.

Easy money

Easy money is so enticing.

But what’s the cost?

  • Aggravation?
  • Dilution?
  • Incremental internal emptyness?

It’s just money.

It can never your recover your most consistently, eternally depleting asset.

Time.

One question

  • Smokers that casually litter their butts.
  • The editor in chief of Time magazine who in this week’s (2016) issue sold a full page ad for American Spirit cigs.
  • “Hosts” of amateur firework shows.
  • The head of the NRA.
  • The head of TSA

These are all individuals I’d like to ask one question.

Are you fucking serious?

Ad blockers

Create a world that you would love.

If you don’t, someone will do it for you. And if they do, that may come at a huge cost.

[If you don’t have the AdBlock extension enabled on your chrome browser and 1Blocker downloaded to your iPhone, do it now. Your world, as you want it.]

An out of office message for you (summer 2016)

I’ll be out of the office until Tuesday, July 5th.

Why?

Every quarter, I make a point to go off the grid for a week. No email, no social media, no news.

This time away from my computer and phone is usually when I get my best ideas.

It’s my time to breathe (as depicted well in this comic).

I like sharing these out off office messages (like this one and this one and this one) on this blog for a few reasons:

  • To inspire you to get away periodically and regularly.
  • To remind you that I’m human and know you are, too.
  • To encourage you to do make something while I spend the week making nothing. (If you make something from my recipe index, do tag it with #lifeisnoyoke.)

As always, here are answers to all your Vitamix questions (which has a link to my new fancy schmancy Vitamix comparison tool.)

With everything else, I’ll check back when I return.

Good things,
Lenny

Construction

Construction is constant.

On your route. Out your window. In your ear.

So tune it out. Prepare for it.

And consider doing some of your own.

Convos

On the plane or elevator or next door is an opportunity for a life-changing conversation.

Don’t seek it out.

But don’t let silence block it, either.