I stumbled on this article from Life Hack on empty calories and not just the food variety. Here’s a snippet from the article.
Empty calories aren’t just in our food, they are in our lives. Empty calories are all those tasks that make you feel productive even though you aren’t contributing any value. Empty calories [...]

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

Water is bad ass. It quenches your thirst, provides body to almost every other drink, creates a means of transportation, and feels damn good heated up after a long day. Fuckin’ water.

I’ve had some pretty bad insomnia for a while and have just been ‘cured’ of it. I started a new job about 2 weeks ago and have been sleeping better and getting more things done as a result. The job really isn’t new since it’s with a company I was at before but [...]

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

The Chinese symbol for crisis and opportunity are one in the same. Sometimes it takes a series of bad events to produce positive change.
I was recently kicked out of my apartment and shortly thereafter fired from my job but I couldn’t be happier. I’ve finally got off my ass and got out of [...]