I’ve had too many synchronicities in the last week not to remind you to pay attention to them, and other signs, in your life. A prime example of the most recent synchronicity is Oliver Burkeman. Last week, someone, I can’t remember who, asked me if I had read Burkeman’s most recent book, Meditation for Mortals. I hadn’t, and until then, I hadn’t heard of the book, although I was familiar with Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks. Naturally, I looked up the books, read a little more about Burkeman,...
1 day ago • 1 min read
This morning, in the final minutes of my yoga class, the instructor said something that I really felt. We were ending class with shavasana, lying on our backs in stillness, and she encouraged us to practice three minutes of gratitude. “When you are in gratitude, it’s impossible for negativity to exist.” It’s true. Negativity cannot occupy your mind or body when you are practicing gratitude. This could be a great tool to use throughout the day. As soon as you notice that you are drifting into...
3 days ago • 1 min read
I hope you had a great week! Here's this week's Notes... 📝 this week's Daily Notes 11.17.25 #1040 you have to be before you can become 11.19.25 #1041 only you can stop the rain 11.20.25 #1042 drop the straw 11.21.25 #1043 a kick in the tail 11.22.25 #1044 looking outside when you should be looking inside 11.23.25 #1045 a deeper dive into money ✍️ AlignedLife Blog Another week of some writing on AlignedLife Stop Shrinking, Start Expanding "The financial industry has built itself around...
3 days ago • 2 min read
From time to time, I’ll use the Daily Note to highlight some of the work I’ve been doing. Today is one of those days... A few weeks ago, I started writing about money over on Substack. This week, I decided to move the AlignedLife Substack to a blog on my personal website–I’ll probably post the next few posts on both sites before exclusively writing on the AlignedLife Blog.I have also been recording video readings of the AlignedLife Blog with some additional context; here are the first couple:...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots.” -Rumi See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
4 days ago • 1 min read
“Your potential is not something you find. It’s something you claim. You meet it through commitment, through showing up when others hesitate, through saying yes to the things that scare you a little. It’s about being bold enough to see what you can really do when you stop hiding behind doubt and distraction. The truth is, the version of what you could be is already within reach. It’s just waiting for you to stop wasting time, and start acting like the person you’re capable of becoming. This...
6 days ago • 1 min read
I heard someone say that our perspective of life (and the world) is like looking through the opening of a straw. The visual was so strong for me. What if we were able to broaden our awareness simply by acknowledging we’re holding a straw up to our eye, deciding to drop the straw, and continuously picking up better, wider tools to look through? Maybe we can even drop all the tools and have no limitations on what we see and can be. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
7 days ago • 1 min read
“Now I know only I can stop the rain Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh Now I know only I can stop the rain It's not that we gotta do what we do It's what we know So to me it ain't nothin' but bein' true, but Now I know only I can stop the rain It doesn't have to be the way it is, you say it is Just because for the past 20 years every day it is (what?) Now I know only I can stop the rain” -DMX, The Rain I haven’t listened to The Rain by DMX for years–probably since the year that the album it’s on was...
8 days ago • 1 min read
To become the version of your Self you are pursuing, you first have to BE that version of your Self. That may not sound possible–how can you be something you’re not yet? You have to first embody the Self you are moving towards, then you can become it. If you can’t embody, you can’t become. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
9 days ago • 1 min read