Find out how to live an interesting life at the intersection of your passion and purpose — How Do You Live a Good Life? For at least 2000 years, people have pondered this question, and it remains a perennial topic of commencement speeches with titles like Do What You Love or Find Your Purpose. …

The biggest danger in pursuing a good life may not be that you don't get what you want but that you do — A good life doesn’t focus on achieving goals in the future; a good life focuses on living each day in a way that is meaningful to you. A Test for Misliving Are you asking yourself, “Is this all there is?” If so, then you may be misliving. An example “You could buy a bigger boat.” That…

My desire to see one of Australia's most unique and unusual creatures led to some surprise close-up encounters. — The Dream Begins I clearly remember sitting at a child-size desk when my imagination was hijacked, and a smoldering but seemingly impossible desire seized me. Five decades later, I met Jackie, and my dream has finally been fulfilled. I must have been five years old when I first learned about the crazy amalgamation…

They don’t make White Out for your life, so try using this instead — If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently. My Story I felt like an explorer surveying a new land. I was maybe seven or eight years old and had never been bold enough to ride my bike this far. As I sat astride my steal stead…

Desiring always feeling good may be holding you back, and accepting feeling bad can be the path forward — Who doesn’t want to feel only the good and never the bad? Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. You can’t mute just one emotion. To fully experience life, you need to take the bad with the good. My Experience I saw my emotions as a liability for years and tried to temper…

How the belief in the happily ever after stops you from being happy today, and what you can do to change this — We believe that if we acquire that one particular thing, be it a love interest, promotion, house, car, or vacation, we will be endlessly happy. But that is an illusion. Everything in life is impermanent, and that includes happiness. Worst of all, chronically questing for that one mythical thing will…

The politics in New Zealand's capital may be blah, but the movie industry, art scene, and national museum are top-notch. — Chicago has a reputation for being America’s windy city. A reputation garnered not so much from meteorological phenomena as from a reputation of being filled with “windbags” that are “full of hot air.” …

Practical steps to make leisure less stressful and more relaxing — We’ve forgotten how to enjoy free time. Fun has become a chore, and vacations are stressful. How I Got Here I’m sitting at my computer, planning my next family vacation. I don’t want to miss seeing the best stuff in our limited time. …

Wood-fired hot tub, a home on stilts above the rain forest, one good story, and an excellent meal at the foot of an ancient glacier. — The West Coast of New Zealand is not an easy place to get to. …