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Balance & Practice

February 11, 2016 by Scott Todnem

The new year brings so many opportunities for fresh starts. But I have a little problem… turning those fresh starts into year long pursuits.

With the help of some thinking, some writing, and some inspiration through reading, I put some ideas together. Nothing mind blowing, nothing revolutionary, just simple ideas. Which I think is why liked them so much; because they were simple and things I could easily do. I thought a lot about two things: the idea of balance in life, and the idea of practice.

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February 11, 2016 /Scott Todnem
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Seeing Past the Smoke

July 14, 2015 by Scott Todnem

Everything in moderation seems to be good advice for most things.

Eat in moderation, drink in moderation, work in moderation, sleep in moderation– dare it not be too much or too little. Dare you step out of the lines of life already drawn out for you. Moderation keeps people in a nice neat box. And because most people follow the rules, life and society exist in moderation.

Life continuously flows, day in and day out, sun up and sun down.

But nothing happens in moderation. Nothing. Inertia happens. It might keep life easy but nothing is changing or growing, it just rolls right along into the next day.

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July 14, 2015 /Scott Todnem
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