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The Four Most Important Questions in Finding One’s Purpose

“Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.” – NAVAL RAVIKANT The search for meaning and purpose is one of life’s great existential tasks. We may not realize that’s what we’re doing when we leave a job, relationship or city of origin, or when we marry, choose a new […]

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July 8, 2021

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An Introduction to The Enneagram

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” — HENRY FORD I first heard about the Enneagram in 2017, took the quiz, and filed my results alongside the Myers-Briggs […]

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July 8, 2021

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Meet Our Founder: DeeAnne Chomiak

Although adamant about not making Philosophy of Leisure about herself, we couldn’t resist sharing more with you about who’s behind this brand. Our founder DeeAnne Chomiak, can be described as many things, answers to many names, is known for many accomplishments over her lifetime, and is well-loved for all the attributes of herself – which […]

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July 7, 2021

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The Elegance of Slow

I’m not certain where the obsession with fast began, but somewhere along the way our society decided that being busy was a status symbol, or perhaps a solution for something that we didn’t even know was a problem. After all, if we’re needed in eleven different places at once, then we must be important, and […]

July 7, 2021

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The Enneagram Centers of Intelligence

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – ALBERT EINSTEIN As humans, we operate from three main centers of intelligence – the Body, which is our instinctual nature; the Heart, our emotional center; and the Head, our intellectual core. We use these three centers to process the world around us and decide how […]

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July 5, 2021

A Whole Year
of Lovely

Somewhere along the way our society decided that being busy was a status symbol. And technological advances have enabled, and encouraged, us to be always available.
Yet leisure and rest help us to think more clearly, decide more logically, consume more wisely, innovate and create more freely, and connect more deeply. It's about having the space to build the life we choose, rather than having one thrust upon us, by default.

Five Prompts for a Less harried life