life

  • Express Love with Food

    What skill would you like to learn? I’ve always loved cooking—it’s an activity I enjoy as much as eating. I’ve learned what little I know from thousands of online recipes. I’ve also experimented and improvised. I did this with the… Continue reading

    Express Love with Food
  • Why Annual Medical Checkups Matter for Seniors

    What details of your life could you pay more attention to? Good health practices suggest that at any age, annual medical checkups are essential. General exams include blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol tests. More specific ones like eye exams, dental… Continue reading

    Why Annual Medical Checkups Matter for Seniors
  • We Work To Live

    In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled? It’s comforting to come home after a long day of hard work and know that things are going well. Little stress in our lives is OK. Yet, hard work is… Continue reading

    We Work To Live
  • Ordem e Progresso

    What’s the trait you value most about yourself? Order and Organization Everything in its place, fulfilling the purpose for which it was created. If it no longer serves a role or is too old to do so, it’s discarded. Every… Continue reading

    Ordem e Progresso
  • Ikigai

    List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter. According to Japanese philosophy, we should all strive to find what they call Ikigai. It is our reason for being. It is the reason we get up every morning. There… Continue reading

    Ikigai
  • Preserving Ancestral Traditions in Modern Society

    What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in? In Latin America, our cultural heritage is not entirely our own. The shift toward “civilization” and “modernity” began 500 years ago. In the 16th century, Spanish… Continue reading

    Preserving Ancestral Traditions in Modern Society
  • No Brands, Justs Things

    What brands do you associate with? I align myself with the brand that delivers on quality, price, and functionality. I don’t have a specific preference. If it works well and meets my needs, that’s the brand I choose if it’s… Continue reading

    No Brands, Justs Things
  • How to Measure Your Daily Achievements

    What could you do more of? There’s always more we can do. We can always become better people—better professionals, fathers, sons, friends, brothers. We can always be kinder, more generous, eat better, sleep better, exercise more, or read more books.… Continue reading

    How to Measure Your Daily Achievements
  • Boosting My Energy

    What things give you energy? Putting on my shoes or taking a cold shower Let’s face it— as the years go by, it gets harder to summon the energy. Those 45 minutes of daily exercise seem more challenging. You’ve built… Continue reading

    Boosting My Energy
  • You’re in the Jungle Baby…

    What’s your all-time favorite album? My Gosh, this is easy. Let me say this, there’s a lot of great albums wondering around: MJ’s Thriller, AC/DC’s Back in Black, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors, Led… Continue reading

    You’re in the Jungle Baby…