Growing Life

I recently discovered "The Growing Life", a blog that seems to center around the philosophical aspects of living life. There is some stuff about productivity tricks, but the author, Clay Collins, is trying to take the blog into a more philosophical direction, in order to separate himself from popular life-hacky blogs like Lifehacker and Zen Habits.

Some posts that I enjoyed:

• "When Crazy Isn’t Crazy Anymore: Life Balance and Insanity" - If your friends accuse you of being a workaholic or living a weird lifestyle, this post will make you feel better. I like the idea of your life being "seasonal."
  
• "The Alternative Productivity Manifesto" - I mentioned this article in a previous post.
  
• "Living the Prolific Life: A How-to Guide" - A nice reminder to those of us who live an intense, creative life
  
• "The Battle for Our Minds" - The importance of growing and nurturing your perspective especially when you work long hours
  
• "The Cult of Abundance, Goal Autoimmune Disorder, & Abundance 2.0" - My take on this post: don't make too many and/or too ambitious goals. We can't have everything. Don't become a slave to your goals. Just pick a few of your best goals and go from there.
  
• "On Growing The Growing Life" - Nothing special about this post. I just like the following quote: "You can learn A LOT from the older generation. In order to do so, however, it helps to remember this: the lessons that elders will teach you are often not the lessons they want to teach you. The important lessons are usually learned by immersion, by just hanging around — they are lessons you have to pick up on your own. It takes time and energy, but it’s well worth it."
  
• "Quitting Things and Flakiness: The #1 Productivity Anti-Hack" - A piece of advice I've known for a long time, but I'm not very good at following.
  
• "A No-Nonsense Guide to Meditation: No Gurus and No B.S." - A nice introduction to meditation for people like me who are interested, but don't know much about the topic.
  
• "How to Un-digitize and De-analog Time for Increased Productivity and Better Time Management" - I like the idea of using sand timer to be more aware of time. My time card idea serves a similar purpose.