Author Archives: Dennis

Some thoughts on work \ life balance!

“You are not your job”
posted at detourproject.org
Over the weekend a friend asked for some advice. He told me that he’d really been struggling with some things lately and was looking for some tips to lighten the load. As I listened, I heard him acknowledge that he was having trouble setting boundaries and that he felt like he’d been [...]

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Thank You

Dear friends,
Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your support over the years. As we enter our 5th year of service, I wanted to take this moment to thank you for making our mission possible. By supporting our events, spreading the word, or helping through a financial contribution you make it possible for us to bring [...]

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5th Annual Breaking The Silence Benefit

My friend Robb is one of the most creative and talented people I know. Last year he came out from Chicago to grab some footage from our Breaking the Silence event and put together this amazing video for us. I think what he’s done here captures the essence of this event beautifully. To learn more [...]

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An Uncomfortable Conversation

Bradley, Kristal and I have been roommates for almost six years. During this time we’ve grown together, learned together, worked together, struggled and sacrificed together, celebrated together, traveled together. We shared our lives and meals together, and this was our home… Click HERE to read the full essay.

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Building a Foundation for Happiness

I have some exciting news to share with you… after a couple years of trying out different things with The Detour Project (our little experiment on the side), I have decided to take a slightly different direction with it.
Over the summer I wrote a short eBook called “Building a Foundation for Happiness”. While it only [...]

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The Invention of Our Discontent

This is a guest essay by Chase Night. Follow him on Twitter. And read the afterward for commentary from Joshua Millburn.
Let me tell you about the monster who rides on my shoulders.
When Josh asked me to write a guest essay for The Minimalists, I was honored, but my mind totally blanked on ideas. So I [...]

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Would You Still Do It

Our friends Krystal and Jeff at New Day Counseling wrote and recorded this song in the hopes of preventing suicide and we are honored to share it with you! For more about the song and Krystal and Jeff, see below or visit www.StopSuicideSong.com

We, (Krystal & Jeff), wrote Would You Still Do It many years ago [...]

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Simple Daily Habits to Ignite Your Passion

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Scott Dinsmore of LiveYourLegend
For the past 8 years I’ve run experiments on myself and others to better understand what makes us come alive.
This has taken me on ultra-marathons, to the tops of mountains, the bowels of bookstores, around the world and in front of some pretty fascinating [...]

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What Is The Meaning Of Life?

by Tina Su of thinksimplenow.com
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of life and the impermanent nature of it all. Observing how we do what we do, the struggles we put ourselves through, the drama, the pain and the suffering.
While thoughts about life, death and purpose drift in and out of my consciousness [...]

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The Comparison Trap

written by Leo Babauta.
I love reading about other people’s work setups, I really do. It’s one of my guilty pleasures.
I’ll read about another blogger’s computer setup, or what kind of notebook and pen he uses, or how he works standing up or on a treadmill or while doing handstand pushups and growing a vegetable garden.
And [...]

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