I lived in southern Spain as a teenager @artemislives, and slow was definitely part of the picture. It frustrated the heck out of my parents... and one of my retrospective take-aways is that highly

Ah yes, the "ILLUSION" of success... I fear a lot of people have been spoon fed what success is supposed to look like, and they just take that in as truth, rather than sitting back and defining

Thank you, appreciate it!

That's the thing, isn't it? If we try to do everything, it can become all-consuming... and that doesn't really work for me as I am not (a) retired or (b) independently wealthy...

So if I'm hearing you correctly here, what you're suggesting is that bees are communists? I suppose I should have figured that out, considering that they do live in a "commune," of sorts... Win

Well, why not... I've been on a bit of a retro synthwave kick as of late; here's a modern day tribute to the 80's by German songstress Nina:

I did read your post, yes... which I thought made some really good points, in terms of life on a "macro" scale. It also got me to thinking about the question I was trying to raise here; how people

Interesting to consider... I think about my own family and its addictive tendencies, and there's always a deeper long term issue someone takes a quick fix for, and then they end up having TWO long term

We like to make our property — even though it's not all that large — as "nature friendly" as possible. We probably have too many voles and rabbits, but that also means we have owls... and when

Thank you! My favorite kind of writing has always been to simply share what I see around me in a "conversational" tone... sometimes I even succeed pretty well!

Thank you for your kind words @artemislives, appreciate it! We have done our best to create a sanctuary of sorts here... even though we are only on 2/3 acre, it has become like a small park where we get

I'm trying to remember when we became debt free; it was a while ago. Aside from property taxes, which are an annual debt we can actually make "go away" now that I am turning 60. I still find

Hi @cuddlekitten! I hope these little comment upvotes I give actually help.

Oh yes, I read that one, too. Which — needless to say — whipped more than a few people into an emotional frenzy.

Important point... it seems like that randomization is precisely what's missing from perspectives. People gravitate towards their echo chambers and then start operating under the false assumption that

This definitely calls for the formation of a study group of experts to assess whether a committee should be formed to study the true and appropriate meaning of "BS" in language, as used with

Oh shiny... speaking of the Monkeysphere, I wonder how Everitt's doing these days... ever hear anything from him?

You make a really good point. As someone pointed out in a comment on one of my posts, people get so wrapped up in their emotions about something that they become incapable of pausing to examine the practical

Welcome to the world of Hive @deadswitch! If you look around and pick and choose, you definitely can find some good discussions here. The key element I am trying to get at here is precisely that there's

I very important and true statement for the ages... and yet it sometimes feels like more and more people subscribe to "I may disagree with your opinion, and I will beat you to death for expressing