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What highway congestion can teach you about your goals

  Many of you spend a large chunk of your life stuck in traffic.  And I feel for you; I lived in New York City with a car for seven years, and while I never commuted to work using my … Read More … Read More

Why reaching your goal isn’t the goal

  Hopefully by now, the new year has gotten off to a good start.  If you’re in school you’re either back at your desk or are soon to be there.  If you’re at a standard job, you’re back at it, … Read More … Read More

My wishes for you in the new year

  We all know the inadequacies about resolutions.  They are too pithy, too obvious, too banal, and they just don’t work. Nevertheless, I do think that the end of the year is a good time for reflection. … Read More

How to handle unstructured time (when you finally get it)

  Busy.  That’s one word that seems to always follow us around.  How are you doing?  “Busy.”  What have you been up to?  “Man, I’ve been really busy.”  How come I don’t hear from you anymore?  “Sorry, I’ve just been … Read More …

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Your credit card company thanks you for your generous donation

  Dearest cardholder, On behalf of everyone here, we want to thank you for your support and donations this year. While the recession has produced a drop in giving over the past few years after its peak in 2007, your … Read More … Read More

Bookshelf: Doris #15 DIY Antidepression Guide

  Here at Unlikely Radical HQ, we’re always looking for new and creative ways on how to live a more authentic and radical life.  When this wisdom comes from unexpected places, so much the better. Today I want to talk … Read More … Read More

Send out more demos, or how to make things happen

  Some years ago, I engaged in a lengthy interview/fanboy email correspondence with Pete Fijalkowski, singer of the enormously under-appreciated 90’s-era British band Adorable.  This being before the days of social media ubiquity, it was a rarity to be able … Read More … Read More

Why renting is better than owning

  I was taught that everyone should eventually own a home.  Actually, like so many of these cultural imperatives, I didn’t so much learn this as much it was absorbed into my head through some kind of osmosis.  Owning is … Read More … Read More

Why not to say “should”

  Our word choice is very important.  Words, tone, and body language are pretty much all we have to use to communicate, and the words are the vessel in which your thoughts are conveyed.  I’ve learned to be wary of … Read More … Read More

Which lasts longer, a Thing or an Experience?

  I used to try to avoid going out to eat. It’s not that I didn’t like restaurants, it’s just that I found it hard to rationalize them on a tight budget. More than that, though, the idea of its … Read More … Read More

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