Tag Archives: Core Principles

The Core Principles Of BNL In Action

Tweet I don’t know why I do this to myself, but I decided to mention to a co-worker and fellow bike rider that I patched a flat tire the night before.  But I didn’t stop there, I went on to mention that it was the 5th patch on that same tube (I even showed him [...]

Core Principle #6: This Is Water

Tweet This is the last of the core principles of the Brave New Life.  It’s also the most important. The Brave New Life is about awareness – awareness of your self, awareness of your environment, and awareness of your thoughts.  It’s about living a deliberate life, making deliberate decisions, and having deliberate thoughts.  I could [...]

Core Principle #4: Nurture Your Relationships

Tweet Here’s an excerpt from an article I read recently: I am a hospice chaplain. I visit people who are dying – in their homes, in hospitals, in nursing homes. And if you were to ask me the same question: What do people who are sick and dying talk about with the chaplain? I, without [...]

Core Principle #2: Reject Lifestyle Inflation

Tweet Part 1 – Rejecting Lifestyle Inflation College life is a simple life.  Living in a single small room with a roommate. Biking to class.  Getting books from the library.  Cutting costs wherever you can to save up for beer money (which never amounted to much since there were no good paying jobs available).  Sounds [...]

Core Principle #1: Question Everything

Tweet Part 1 – Accept that you’ve been brainwashed That’s right!  You’ve been brainwashed.  And it gets worse, you’re still being brainwashed.  Every day, more brainwashing. And it’s coming from everywhere.  It starts with marketing.  The evil, vicious world of marketing. They brainwashed you into “needing” a GI Joe action set when you were a [...]

The Core Principles Of A Brave New Life

Tweet Over the past 6 months, this blog has kind of moved towards a reputation of early retirement.  And that’s cool, it’s the shiny object that draws people in. But a brave new life is more than that. It’s a life that values family, friends, and leisure over hard work and money.  It’s a life [...]