Do Hard Things. Move to the Caribbean!
My best friends are crazy. I just returned home from a month living with some of my best friends on Vieques, a tiny island off of Puerto Rico. They don’t live on “mainland” Puerto Rico. Instead, they’re on a tiny island, only accessible by an irregular ferry or an eight-seater airplane. They are building a […]
The Line Between Habit & Addiction
My grandfather and uncle died of alcoholism. I’m predisposed to addiction. As I write this, I’m in the midst of my fourth 5-day water-only fast. When I began fasting, my friend Michelle warned me, “You be careful. You be safe!” knowing that my addictive tendencies might lead to extremes. Given a predisposition and love of […]