Tag: well-being
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Your First Step into SEL through TTRPGs
Tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) can serve as powerful tools for social-emotional learning (SEL). I made this bold claim in my last blog post. When the TTRPG is rules-lite and optimized for collaborative storytelling (like Ealdsmyth), the potential for SEL increases exponentially.
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What does your table look like?
This week, as many of us finalize plans for Thanksgiving, it’s time to consider: Who’s invited to your table? I’ve veered away from my ambitious reading list recently and begun to read John Pavolvitz’s A Bigger Table. The book focuses primarily on the Christian church’s failure to live up to its founder’s invitation, but it…
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What’s so scary about success?
It’s been more than two months since I’ve made substantial progress on the creative project I’m most passionate about. “Why is that?” I ask myself. I’ve fallen into this pattern of almost fishing something far too much, and I don’t think I can attribute it solely to ADHD and my constant penchant for chasing random…
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Tempering Productivity
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.” -Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Maximizing 24 Hours
Even the most peak performers in history had the same 24 hours as I do each day. The challenge becomes maximizing 24 hours for the upcoming day.
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On Those Who Build Us Up
Today is a big milestone birthday for my beautiful wife, Kasey, and it provides a great opportunity to reflect on those who build us up. I first locked eyes with Kasey’s deep mahogany pools back in middle school, so I find it reassuring that she knew me in all my teen awkwardness and cringeworthy self-righteousness.…
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Hacks and Balance
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by life? Do you wish there were simple hacks that helped you to balance your life in a way that was manageable again?
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In Search of Simplicity
Have you ever felt burnt out by life’s unnecessary complexities? Ever wondered if there was a simpler, more manageable way of doing life? Have you felt frustrated and even more overwhelmed by this search for simplicity? You’re not alone.
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Leveraging Failure
My first attempt at leveraging my affiliate status on Amazon for Prime Day was a big ole whopping failure. For many long hours, I strategized, did research, prepared links and posted through various social-media channels. The result? I received not a single cent back from my efforts. It was quite the blow. The question, then,…
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The Secrets of Living Well
As a school teacher, I’m highly motivated by the impending summer. At the beginning of this summer, however, I found myself significantly bummed, frustrated and overwhelmed by my own ambition. I knew I wanted to get a ton of creative projects done, but the thought of expending energy exhausted me. That’s when my wife showed…
