Arjuna RiceMay 12, 20213 min readWell, what do I know?I have a confession to make: I don’t know everything. I don’t even know much. I do know a lot about some things, too much about some...
Arjuna RiceMar 22, 20213 min readBe nice!Just be nice! Why is it so hard to just be nice?! (I’m looking at you, Joss Whedon.) I don’t mean to be glib. Joss Whedon’s is just the...
Arjuna RiceFeb 12, 20213 min readEmotional PinballDammit! I picked up my shattered iPhone off the kitchen floor. I had swept my phone off the counter as I grabbed my lunch in a rush to...
Arjuna RiceFeb 2, 20212 min readGroundhog Day: Groundhog Day:“They say we’re young, and we don’t know. We won’t find out until we grow…” Without aging a day, Phil Connors took decades, at least, to...
Arjuna RiceJan 28, 20213 min readEnlightenment? Probably not.Meditation might be a path to enlightenment. To be honest, I don’t really care about that — it’s not why I meditated today and will...
Arjuna RiceJan 24, 20213 min readEmbracing DiscomfortMike Birbiglia is terrible at chemistry. That’s probably not surprising, since he’s a comedian not a chemist, but when he was a senior in...
Arjuna RiceJan 15, 20212 min readYou're perfect... and you could be a little betterIt's January! And though any time is the right time to think about your goals and intentions, most of us get a little more motivation...
Arjuna RiceJan 8, 20212 min readSome infinities are bigger than others...Happy New Year! Now’s the time when we’re inclined to think about all the things we want to do, achieve, become. When we start to see...
Arjuna RiceJul 17, 20202 min readPerspective is so hard to hold on to...Five years ago, I had cancer. I got super lucky, and really had the best cancer ever - caught it early through a self-exam, and it...
Arjuna RiceJun 29, 20201 min readCuriouser and Curiouser“... attention is a state of openness that assumes there is something new to be seen.” - Jenny Odell, How To Do Nothing: Resisting the...
Arjuna RiceMay 8, 20202 min readYou’ve Got Focus All WrongI should’ve listened to Steve Jobs. I don’t know much about his meditation practice (though he did have a Zen Buddhist mentor, Kobun),...
Arjuna RiceApr 15, 20203 min read Accepting helpLike many of us, I’m spending too much time on twitter, so this week’s theme is inspired by a tweet: Me: [Asks for help] Everyone: Here!...