My work-from-home journey actually began in India. I moved there at the age of 16, along with a group of young people who wanted to make a positive difference in the lives of others. We spent the summer involved in a variety of social projects — workshops for prison inmates…

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been writing articles on how to launch a work-from-home career — from my 10+ years of experience working from home … The posts have included various pros and cons to working from home, scams to watch out for, and a variety of work-from-home…

As I began my work-from-home journey, I tried out several things before landing on (and sticking with) Upwork. Here are several online earning methods that might work well for you or at least give you a place to start: 1. Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

Do you have a difficult time making decisions? I know I do. I’m somewhat of a perfectionist, so I like to know for sure something is the right path before I take it. The problem is, there’s often no way to know for sure. I read somewhere that you’ll never…

Finding Hope in the Silent Seasons — My older son’s canary died last summer, a week or so before my boy’s 16th birthday. Allen was in the middle of a creative project, as he often is. This time, he was painting pictures for each of his friends, which he planned to give them for his birthday. He…

Reflections from a Contemplative Life — We wait for things to slow down, but they do not slow. Could we return to some space, to stretch it out, to make a moment last? No, the heart and mind are swept into the stream and fragments shed among a thousand spaces, over a thousand miles or more…

For the Long, Hot Summer Days — It is Sunday morning, and although the current temperature is not yet 90 degrees, the forecast is 110 degrees by late afternoon here in California’s Central Valley. Yesterday was also supposed to reach 110 but fell a couple of degrees shy. Funnily enough, this heat wave corresponds with a stretch…

On Contentment in the Present Place — How many books do you read at a time? I mean, you can only read one book at a time, literally — in that singular moment you are currently in. And in this singular moment, you are reading this. (Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it.) But back to…

Or Was “Sydney” Pushed Too Hard by Kevin Roose? Technology columnist Kevin Roose is a member of a fairly elite “small group of testers” who has been given the chance to access the new Bing chat service, powered by AI and “outfitted with advanced artificial intelligence technology from OpenAI” Source. We all know OpenAI, as the creators of ChatGPT…