Live an Untethered Life

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2022/11/20/biosphere-2-fake-science-or-forecasting-end-of-times/

While hiking on the Juan de Fuca trail I had a glimpse on how to add meaning to life. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2022/11/06/adding-meaning-to-life/

Sometimes all of the research on camping is simply not enough to counter some really simply mistakes. Here's an extremely useful list of the best helpful hints. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2022/09/19/like-all-retired-lawyers-i-like-to-research-new-activities-and-to-make-sure-i-know-as-much-as-possible-before-starting/

Not being happy seems to make people even more unhappy. Better focus more on the journey than the destination.

The unexamined life is not worth living. But can you over examine your own life that you stop looking up and living in the moment?

Life is a journey. But like C.W. Lewis, if you don't know where you are going, then any path will do.

As we all know, you have to bring meaning to life. So what sort of symbol might capture that when words also seemed to fall short.

Some interesting legal and chemical side effects. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/11/26/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-cannabis-but-thought-it-too-illicit-to-ask/

Do we really know what our webmasters are baking by placing cookies on your webpages?

The Internet of Things is everywhere. And likely in places we wished it wasn't. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/11/13/the-internet-of-things-best-left-unsaid-a-satire/

The newly formed Policy Loyal On the President (“PLOP”) wrote the President's economic briefing note for the upcoming NAFTA negotiations. These negotiations shall follow the standard art of the deal format by starting crazy and working from that point onwards. A satire This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/11/07/some-memos-not-covered-by-executive-privilege/

When the HR department has to bring all their tools to bear to get people back to the office when they have seen a better life elsewhere. A bit of Satire. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/10/28/from-the-hr-department-of-international-conglomerate-incorporated/

With a character home, problems are to be expected and what problem could not be fixed by simply leaving a box of money out on the portico for the endless troop of contractors? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/09/11/folies-in-the-extended-family/

Now that we are returning to the office, the new normal will be a whole lot different. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/08/29/living-la-covida-loca-in-the-office/

A large portion of employees have decided they no longer want careers. Some have put off retirement due to COVID uncertainty. Now that things have settled, they may be retiring and taking a larger cohort with them. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/08/21/can-you-still-zoom-from-waldens-pond/

Sometimes an apology is too little too late to repair an employer employee relationship. Or sometimes any relationship. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/06/07/for-employers-its-too-late-to-apologize/

If your job is to eat a frog, best get it done first thing in the morning. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/07/10/dont-dread-eating-tomorrows-frog/

Now that we are getting ready to have coffee with Abby Normal again, here's a list of things to look out for. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/07/29/we-live-in-interesting-times/

The next existential crisis. What to wear to work now that they expect you back. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/07/01/the-necktie-is-dead/

Bitcoin still remains all the rage, but this enthusiasim may be knocked down somewhat with the specter of government regulation or the inevitability of quantum computing. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/07/26/2125/

One way to get rid of all of the lawyers is to make a fun alternative! This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/04/08/in-blockchain-we-trust/

Here are a few helpful hints to help get away from that wonderful work/life balance that you managed to develop after this COVID pause. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/06/26/four-helpful-vacation-hints/

Some regular stupid comes and goes. But a special stupid, that take talent and a bit of serendipity. Take going skiing after a break of a decade or more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/04/01/mogul-moral-hazard/

As we all know, the space/time continuum is an actual thing. Just imagine how your perception of time actually changes depending upon where you are and what you are doing. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/03/25/relative-time-management/

Employers using employment contracts need to know what happens when they ask for releases when an employment relationship ends. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/06/07/2067/

As they say, having insurance is great, unless you need to really need them. After years working in the field, I found a job that doesn't have me gutting and smelling like fish! This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/03/18/working-with-insurance-companies-can-be-fun/

Thoreau had it right when he talked about this couple finally getting their house, when in actual fact it was more that the house got them. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/03/11/character-homes-need-insurance-but-demand-sacrifice/

If you had to edit portions of the Declaration, where would you start? I am suggesting replacing pursuit of happiness with pursuit of wonderment. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/03/09/the-pursuit-of-wonderment/

There are some obvious, and sometimes not so obvious little things that influence your choices. These are nudges. Less than a push, but more than a simple tap. Once you notice them, you can see them everywhere around you. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/05/11/you-actually-are-leaving-in-the-matrix/

Now we seem to be maximizing our consumer instincts by buying gifts since it helps with our overall contentment. But you are revealing your innermost thoughts about how you feel about this person. by giving gifts, there be dragons. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2020/12/23/developing-a-gift-giving-decision-strategy-matrix-maximizes-feel-good-returns-and-minimizes-gift-exchange-returns/

People want to get back outdoors. And Nature Deficit disorder is a real thing. But sometimes nature has a tendency to do what it always has done. And getting in the way of that has always been a problem. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/25/trickster-trees-and-nature-deficit-disorder/

Just a few thoughts on astral projection. I think this was a bigger thing many years ago. But with all of the fantasy movies coming out, I think more people really wished this was occurring. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/25/i-miss-astral-projection/

Even worse, what if artificially intelligent persons retained artificially intelligent lawyers? Maybe even less soul than the human ones. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/04/the-new-immortals-what-legal-status-should-be-granted-to-artificially-intelligent-persons-canadian-lawyer/

Machiavelli was born May 3rd, 1469. But let's imagine him in present day going for an interview. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/12/18/incorporating-machiavelli-into-the-mergers-and-acquisitions-department/

The creature appears more human than most people. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/04/the-creature/

if you had your preference, and apparently some sense of delusional immortality, which mount would you prefer. And all of this is pre Game of Thrones where dragons were way more cool. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2019/03/31/dragon-vs-nazgul-mount/

When you are young, you don't really think you're immortal. It just never crosses your mind that you might get hurt. But now, I wonder about at least a few of times that I should have won the darwin award. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/05/02/living-after-doing-stupid/

If you have a cottage, you are eagerly wanting to get there and open things up. Sometimes you have to be a bit cautious in case any part of nature made a nest before you got there. Here are some tales you could probably relate. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/18/nature-deficit-disorder-and-the-cottage-preseason-opener/

Is hearing that little bing on your phone feeling about the same as bing on a slot machine? Are you training yourself for little rewards? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/28/smart-phone-dopamine-doping/

Recent studies suggest that we are happier treating our pets than ourselves. And during times of COVID, we could all use a bit more happiness. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/04/30/pets-can-add-to-happiness/

And no, the answer is not 42 as in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/04/30/happiness-divided-by-sadness-plus-meaning-equals-well-being/

Do people just love bad people? Do people love turn around stories? Maybe badness is simply more interesting. Find out here. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/04/30/why-do-sinners-make-the-best-saints-2/

Like everything, tattoos don't have meaning. You bring meaning to the tattoo. My first time. At age 60. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2019/03/31/triskelion-tattoo/

Enron had a great code of conduct. Too bad no one followed it.

When those resolutions start slip sliding away. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/01/01/the-unstoppable-resolutions-meet-the-unmovable-realities/

Karate involves mindfulness and strategy. But like Mike Tyson philosophizes, Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/19/the-agile-body-3-old-style-karate/

Never underestimate an old man with a karate black belt that is so worn it turned white again. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/19/the-agile-body-2/

As I age, I try to vary my exercise program. I also try to confuse my body as much as my mind as to what might happen next. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/18/the-agile-body/

A Thoreau personal vision suits a slimmed down less stressful lifestyle which allows you to follow-up on the more important things in life. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/13/a-thoreau-style-personal-vision/

Maybe instead of trying to access this unattainable happiness highway, we might try a causal cruising for contentment. Easier to obtain than the possibly unattainable. What are your thoughts? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/05/happiness-pursuit-cruising-for-contentment/