RUGGED HUMAN JOURNAL

Improving Health, Happiness, and Well-Being Spirituality is often considered a deeply personal and private matter. However, research has shown that it can have a profound impact on our overall health and well-being. Whether you're religious or not, practicing spirituality can help you cultivate a sense of peace, purpose, and connection to something greater than yourself. One of the most significant benefits of spiritual practice is improved emotional well-being. Regular spiri

In our busy and hectic lives, it's easy to neglect our spiritual well-being. However, building a spiritual routine can help us find peace, clarity, and purpose in our lives. Here are five steps to help you build a spiritual routine: Step 1: Define Your Beliefs and Values The first step in building a spiritual routine is to define your beliefs and values. Take some time to reflect on what is important to you, what you believe in, and what brings meaning to your life. This coul

Living life in balance is like staying in the eye of a hurricane. It's a delicate equilibrium that requires constant attention and effort. The eye of the hurricane is the calmest, most peaceful part of the storm, and if you can stay there, you can weather any storm that comes your way. Finding balance in life can be challenging, but it's an essential part of living a happy and fulfilling life. Balance is about finding the right mix of work, play, rest, and relaxation. It's ab

Sometimes, it can be hard to find your true self in the midst of the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It can be difficult to keep up with our day-to-day responsibilities and maintain a balanced lifestyle. But, that doesn't mean that we can't still uncover our inner fire. We all have an inner fire. That curiosity that is begging to be explored, the discovery that is waiting to take place. That's what makes us unique and it's the only way we can really express our true selve

How to learn to be along but not lonely.

Designing your life allows you to begin to live truly aligned with your own nature, which delivers more happiness by not trying to force yourself to be someone else. When we live our lives on autopilot we are merely reacting to our external circumstances. We become duller, we become jaded, and we begin to adapt to a limited way of living. Living on autopilot causes us to lose sight of what could be the best version of our lives. Live by design and take control of your present

Too often, you live your life on auto pilot — you go to work, take care of your basic needs, your family, social obligations, and take this things for granted. What we don’t recognize is that we are reinforcing mediocrity in our lives by repeating it over and over. What if you changed your mindset, and decided to live your life on purpose (a phrase I love, and learned from my friend Joe Burns)? What if you shifted your perspective and began to think about designing your life

I had the fancy cars. I had the big houses. I had gone to exotic global destinations. I had all the toys I could possibly want. This was the entrepreneurial dream I had been conditioned to believe. I had succeeded. From anyone’s outside perspective, it was a Cinderella story. Starting out as a child raised by a single mother on food stamps to a business success. Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something missing. I wasn’t quite sure what it was, but I felt

Injecting urgency into a situation that does not require it is a sure fire way to create pain and stress in your life. The pace of our world and the social profile most of us all have only intensifies an urge inside of us to present the best side of ourselves. This desire is natural. It is wired into us. We all want to look good and fit into our world and our peer groups. But the unhealthy need to appear more or different than we actually are is a real problem if we cannot ov

1 ) Find the things that are always close to you Look back in your life. Review old pictures on your phone or if you still have them printed out. Look for items that are always around you over time. These are solid clues to determine what may have been directly in front of you the whole time. It may be a guitar, or a football, or a roll of yarn. It may be a magazine subscription or a membership. Look for recurring themes in the places and things that you have done in the past

Fear is simply the most powerful survival instinct a human can experience. Therefore it is the most invasive when it is misplaced. We must first understand that fear is a necessary component for survival. We learn to fear that which can hurt us for good reason at a genetic level, and it is passed on through learning generationally and storytelling before that. When we realize we must fear certain things but not others and begin to separate real fears that can actually hurt us

I have been adjusting my daily routine now to include a mandatory smile first thing when I wake up. I always try to say a prayer to the universe and stretch my bad back after I open my eyes. But now I have added smiling upon awakening:-) Andrew Carnegie said it in “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. Salespeople have known that a smile helps build rapport since time immemorial. Children smile just for fun and very easily. And, most people know that it is a nice thing to