An Assortment of the Latest Blog Posts

Finding Joy When Life is in the Toilet

Please know that this is not an article about tying a pretty bow around a fresh, steaming bag of doggy poo… about putting a silver lining around a colostomy bag… about appreciating the future benefits...

12 Examples from Real People Living with Aliveness

Need a little inspiration out there, Slugger? I’ve got you. Pardon me—you’ve got you! I assembled a dozen of YOUR rousing examples of aliveness over the last week or so… and oh, how we love...

Words of Wisdom from the Grim Reaper to the Class of 2025

'Tis the season for students to graduate and wonder what they're going to do with the rest of their limited Mondays on the planet! I decided to ask my business partner—the Grim Reaper—for his “words...

The Facts of Life (and Death)

Let’s get real with the stats, facts, and figures of our pending demise. Remember… death can be the animating condition that motivates us to live both wider with vitality and deeper with meaning. It doesn’t have to make us shit our pants.

4000MONDAYS
78BIRTHDAYS FOR MEN
83BIRTHDAYS FOR WOMEN
100% WORLD DEATH RATE
60% Believe in AFTERLIFE
90% HAPPINESS IN BHUTAN
25% LIVING WILLS IN PLACE
12SECONDS BETWEEN U.S. DEATHS
48% LESS DEATH WITH MORE HUMOR
6EXTRA YEARS FOR FLOSSING
7LESS YEARS IF (-) ABOUT DEATH
12% LESS DEATH IF CREATIVE
50% LONGER LIFE IF SOCIAL
20% OF DEATHS FROM POOR DIETS
50% LIKELIER DEATH IF >4 HRS TV
8EXTRA YRS IF QUIT SMOKING BY 35
Life Timeline

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