Embrace the Chaos Life Manifesto: 3 Lessons on How to Deal with Uncertainty and Randomness

I spent the last few years trying to learn and understand this life experiment called, Embrace the Chaos, where I am learning how to move forward. Although you can never be certain of anything, I have attempted to write down some core beliefs and ways I am learning to deal with uncertainty in life and coping with uncertainty that allows me to live happier and more fulfilled. Below is a summary of a “Manifesto” that I have developed based on […]

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12 Reasons to Embrace the Chaos and Move Forward in Life

“What’s the point?”, I sometimes ask myself. It’s such an uncertain world out there. I mean, “It all looks so bleak. Why should I even bother to try to move forward in life or my career? Why should I try to improve my circumstances when I don’t think it will lead to anywhere? Why should I try anything in this crazy, uncertain, unpredictable and difficult environment?” Over the last few years as I have worked through trying to deal with […]

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4 Ways to Kickstart a Positive Day

“Seriously?”, I thought to myself sarcastically as I read the morning paper riding the bus to work the other day. I listened to talk radio on my phone and “Oh, boy” I thought again as I heard a commentator use the word, “uncertainty” about a dozen times. The more I read, listened and absorbed the news, the more anxious and stressed I became. By the time I walked into work, I had fueled my morning anxiety just enough to turn […]

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6 Ways to Know You Had a Good Day

Sometimes we try to go to sleep and we can’t. We wonder if our day was a good one. I’ve wondered it a number of times hours on end. I looked back at the times when I thought I had a really good day and made a realization…just as a child wants to repeat a wonderous experience again and again…I want that again and again. So, Type A that I am…I made a list. Below is a list of ways […]

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Move Forward Because One Thing Always Leads to Another

The kids were driving me crazy! I needed to get their energy expressed somehow but it was very windy and cold outside. I just couldn’t take their whining anymore and needed some air. So I took them for their first ever, “run” in a nearby park. By chance, I grabbed some bread on our way out, for the deer at the petting zoo which I thought we might visit on the way back from the run. Off we went for […]

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