Leo Speaks Truth: Leo's Guide To Life

The Zen Habits Guide to Life:

less TV, more reading
less shopping, more outdoors
less clutter, more space
less rush, more slowness
less consuming, more creating
less junk, more real food
less busywork, more impact
less driving, more walking
less noise, more solitude
less focus on the future, more on the present
less work, more play
less worry, more smiles
breathe

... and that's it. You can read the article and follow Leo's various links to his "more..." suggestions, with how-tos included.

Doom 3 as PSA

Every morning, I make coffee. I use a blade chopper to chop the beans into something vaguely resembling a coarse drip grind and then prepare it in a french press. Some days I make decaf, some days I make the real stuff. I'm learning to live with my addiction without letting it rule me, and we seem to have reached a compromise.

I like very oily beans, so after tapping out what I can from the chopper into the press, I'll reach in with one finger and scoop out the dusty residue that collects along the stainless steel sides of the chopper bowl. Every time I do this, I'm habituated to pulling the electrical cord out of the wall, lest the chopper mysteriously start up on its own and injure me.

Every time I do this, I have a flashback to the scene in Doom 3 where you find a recording from some poor sap, reporting on how a machine grabbed someone else on his team and started mangling the victim's arm, and kept doing so even after they unplugged the machine (spooky!).

I don't know why that serves as my PSA. After all, his machine kept working without power. But it is what reminds me to unplug dangerous machinery before sticking my hand into the works.