Seeking Coastal Utopia

Sleep is a good thing. We need more of it. We want more of it. But we ignore it. Why are we fighting it? “person sleeping near window” by Maeghan Smulders on  Unsplash We are damaging our brains and we are destroying our health. Do we do these things in pursuit of fame, fortune, and ego, potentially leading to money? I believe we are driving to an unknown need. Sleep is one of the most important things you can do right next to eating . Sleep is the elixir of life and it allows us to accomplish the things that we need to do every day — physically and mentally. If sleep is so important, why are we choosing to forgo it? In pursuit of — one more web page, one more text, one more post on Facebook, one more video on YouTube, one more something? People, people, please turn off your phone and leave it in the kitchen. Turn off your tablet and leave it in the living room. Turn off your laptop. Turn off the TV. Go. To. Bed. And. Go. To. Sleep. Do not say you have insomnia....

A recent conversation between myself and the kids, yet happens usually once a month. I need to understand the trigger that sets them on this path. Kids — we wish we were rich Me — what do you mean? what would it be like to be rich? Kids — a lot of money so we can buy whatever we want Me — so what is it that you want we don’t have already? Kids — are we rich? Me — it’s all about perspective. What would you buy if you had more money? Kids — I don’t know, a Me — is that really important? Kids — **** “black sports car on asphalt road” by Marc Kleen on  Unsplash Wealthy is a state of mind and even sometimes your being. It is practically a mental health issue in many cases. So obsessed with the pursuit of wealth, nothing stands in the way. Wealth is defined as having an abundance of “valuable” possessions or money — the common perception. Yet there can be different forms of wealth. Wealthy can be someone that has an abundance of time. Or it could mean that you h...