Living a Thoughtful and Authentic Life

Previously, I wrote about the first step to living a thoughtful life. I wrote about how removing yourself from the falsity and distraction of social media will, in turn, create opportunities to find yourself. The time spent glued to our devices is time that could be spent being out in the world and learning to interact with others and interacting with nature. Our interaction with each other and the world at large is key to living as our authentic selves. The world provides so many opportunities for self-growth that it is shame to ignore it.  When I published my last post about the first step to living authentically, I got a lot of questions about what I do with that time. I do spend some time on social media by spreading the word about protecting the environment, human rights issues and how to live your life truthfully. But when I am not working, I actually take the time to meditate. I have benefitted greatly from meditation. There are so many reasons why I benefit from an hour of...

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" -Ferris Bueller's Day Off Life is hectic. We are running around at a faster pace each day. We are inundated and bombarded with stimuli coming from all different angles. Our computers, our phones and the tv give us information with the touch of a button. We are over stimulated but yet we want more stimulation. How many times have you been looking at Facebook on your phone late into the evening, instead of reading or going to bed early? It happens to the best of us. The rise of social media has also given away to the rise in addiction to our devices. We now are buried in our devices hence removing ourselves from real life. We move through life with our heads down instead of up. We have stopped interacting and prefer to interact with an inanimate object. Social media gives people an inauthentic avenue of communication. Many people get on their social media accounts and say...