John's Blog

The nice thing about studio apartments is that everything is within arm’s reach.

Escape rooms are tests you can’t prepare for.

When it’s uncomfortably hot on a walk or during a car ride, pretend you’re in a sauna.

Take no one’s word for it.

You’re on the hook for what you write, not what you read.

Following someone’s footsteps is almost as hard as following someone’s footsteps.

Be kinder about your relationship with food. Food is the first way we learn to self-soothe as babies. It’s association with alleviating discomfort is a strong one.

If enlightenment, joy, and grace are available to all people, then they cannot be accessed through books, words, thoughts, teachers, or gurus. They are experienced individually and directly.