jrdreistadt
Forager, Farmer, Fool
About 13 years ago, a good friend told me that I should just do one thing if I wanted to be successful. As I approach my 40th birthday,...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 26, 20151 min read
40 for 40 #4: Thongs
I have always thought that flip flops are ugly and uncomfortable. But there are times that they prove to be quite convenient, like during...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 25, 20154 min read
Unloading a Weighty Taboo
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post on June 16, 2015. I can wrap both of my legs behind my head. My triglyceride level...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 23, 20152 min read
Three Daily Rituals to Restore Wellbeing
As a person who all too often feels overwhelmed with the stresses of everyday life, I have found it helpful to incorporate three rituals...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 20, 20152 min read
40 for 40 #3: Beautiful Bathroom
When I first moved into my 150 year old house almost eight years ago, I immediately began the process of cleaning up and updating the...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 18, 20152 min read
I’ll Sleep On It (Or At Least I’ll Try)
I have always had a precarious relationship with sleep. The bliss of restful sleep has eluded me since I broke a dependency on a life...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 16, 20153 min read
Brilliant, Beautiful, and Bipolar
This post originally appeared at Huffington Post on 5/26/15. I feel most comfortable in a classroom. Whether I am the instructor or...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 12, 20151 min read
40 for 40 #2: An Evening with Andre
OK, so it wasn’t the first time I had ever seen Andre Watts. Nor was it the first time I ever saw him at New Jersey Performing Arts...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 11, 20152 min read
Interconnected Self-Sufficiency
The concepts of interconnectedness and self-sufficiency may, at first, seem incompatible. Interconnectedness implies that all living...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 9, 20151 min read
Self-Deception
Inauthenticity is a faint, futile fugue that robs life of its mystery and meaning. Yet, social survival compels us to hide, to shift, and...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 7, 20151 min read
The Very Best of the Activist’s Muse
As I started submitting fewer and fewer posts to The Activist’s Muse, a blog I published through The Fruition Coalition for about year,...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 6, 20151 min read
Letters to a Young Activist: Anger
We live in a world full of injustice and despair. I suspect that, at least in part, your anger has led you to conceptualize and co-create...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 5, 20151 min read
40 for 40 #1: Joan Osborne
Last summer, when listening to various tracks on my MP3 player while on a road trip, my mother mentioned that she loved Joan Osborne’s...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 4, 20152 min read
I Was Happier When I Was Depressed
I sometimes think that I was happier when I was depressed. I recently found a journal from 2006 and 2008, with an almost two-year gap...
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jrdreistadt
Jun 2, 20152 min read
The Lonely Life of a Writer
Writing is a solitary enterprise and that, overall, suits me just fine. After a day at work surrounded by other people, love them though...
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