Slowing Down

The Good Day Manifesto is a powerful short declaration that serves as a daily reminder of what it means to you to live and enjoy a good day.

What it means to you to do nothing and simply be present. What it means to love. What it means to give. What it means to do work that moves the river...

The reality of life is this: There are things within your locus of control and things outside of it; focus on the former, be conscious of the latter. The best use of your energy is to focus your days on what yo...

We both know that there’s only so much we can do in a given day, so why are we pushing ourselves to do more than our capacity? Why are we burning ourselves just to be overly productive and perfect? Isn’t that a toxic mindset?

Instead of pursuing empty perfection, how about we striv...

Between the demands of work, the errands of daily life, and carving the space for our hobbies, families, and friends, hours blend into days and days into weeks. Between the rush toward the future and the weariness from the past, we’ll find ourselves in the present, albeit unaware of its existence...

Sit down, grab a pen and a piece of paper and then answer this question:

What does it mean to me to live a good day?

Now, describe it.

• Let your thoughts spill in the form of ink on paper.
• Once it’s ready, print it and read it daily.
• Let it be the gu...

What does the past hold? Besides being a vault of memories, lessons, and inner wisdom that can guide you toward the path of healing, its powers are meaningless. And what can we make of the future? Rather than it being a dark den of worry and anxiety, let it be nothing more than a boundless, colou...

Your manifesto will change over time; it will develop just like you.

Some petals will die, bowing down and falling to the ground to make way for the new. Some parts of you that you had once mourned will be reborn again, sprouting upward from the deep.

Whatever you write, they are not...