Slow The #%&*! Down

Podcast Season 1 Episode 6 HOW HUMANS WORK Like many of you, I have a gift that keeps on giving. Long Covid. (My version is a seemingly permanently altered sense of taste and smell). But technically speaking I had "Long Something Nasty" way before I ever had Covid. Sometimes bad things just keep on well after the initial crisis ends. And sometimes the diseases are actual humans who tried to do you a favor, but didn't. 💚 Thanks for listening! Inspired by: This is THE WORST THING EVER … https://youtu.be/aHv5Yz5wDWM Read the whole article on Medium: https://rickhiggins.medium.com/covid-isnt-the-first-long-disease-4c52c6e8b6a2 ——————————————————— Want to support the channel? Get behind-the-scenes goodness? Hang out with the cool kids? Over on Patreon we have an entire special-stuff kind of world … AND IT'S 100% FREE! Yes friends, free! I mean you can chip in if you want, but it's not required … just appreciated. Pop on over and see what else is happening! Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com ——————————————————— Every week you can have a newsletter delivered right to your inbox! A simple once-a-week email with honest thoughts and suggestions about a more intentional and focused life. Brought to you from the back of a converted school bus. Plus news from every corner of the Slow The #%&*! Down empire (videos, podcasts, articles). Get THE NEWSLETTER! 📬 https://mailchi.mp/eb968a0cf3ab/slow-the-down ——————————————————— Hey sponsors and collaborators! If you want more information on how we can work together … 💼 https://www.masteringthesecondhalf.com --————————————————— And if you too are thinking about a restart in life, here's some help … 🛟 https://www.masteringthesecondhalf.com/2ndhalfmastery/#consult --————————————————— 💬 So, what's this channel all about? 🤒 "Daddy Issues ... and the Lost Art Of Slow Drinking" 💬 Ummm, excuse me? Hi, I'm Rick and I currently live and wander in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me ... you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀 Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, fun people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you. 🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC #podcast #life #choices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support

This is NOT your usual top 10 motivational list.  It's not "10 Super Wonderful and Fulfilling Minimalism Tips for a Clutter Free and Calmer Mind".  (Although that is a really GREAT title!).  No, this is more like the down-home advice your semi-often-drunk Uncle Bob gave you when your folks weren't in earshot.   "Happiness starts with saying no (like a two year old)" 💚 Thanks for listening! ——————————————————— Want to support the show?  Get behind-the-scenes goodness?  Hang out with the cool kids? Over on Patreon we have an entire special-stuff kind of world … AND IT'S 100% FREE!  Yes friends, free!  I mean you can chip in if you want, but it's not required … just appreciated.  Pop on over and see what else is happening!  Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com ——————————————————— Every week you can have a newsletter delivered right to your inbox!  A simple once-a-week email with honest thoughts and suggestions about a more intentional and focused life.  Brought to you from the back of a converted school bus.  Plus news from every corner of the Slow The #%&*! Down empire (videos, podcasts, articles).   Get THE NEWSLETTER! 📬 https://mailchi.mp/eb968a0cf3ab/slow-the-down ——————————————————— Hey sponsors and collaborators!  If you want more information on how we can work together … 💼 https://www.masteringthesecondhalf.com --————————————————— And if you too are thinking about a restart in life, here's some help … 🛟 https://www.masteringthesecondhalf.com/2ndhalfmastery/#consult --————————————————— 💬  So, what's this channel all about? 🤒  "Daddy Issues ... and the Lost Art Of Slow Drinking" 💬  Ummm, excuse me? Hi, I'm Rick and I currently live and wander in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me ... you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀   Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, fun people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you.  🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support

I have been told that I’m the King of Procrastination. I have been called lazy. I have been described as someone who starts a thousand projects and finishes none. I am the very definition of Procrastination Royalty … well, I would be if only I could muster the effort to attend my own coronation. Did I just describe you as well? Are you part of the royal family? If so, welcome. We need to talk. ——————————————————— Want to support the channel?  Get behind-the-scenes goodness?  Hang out with the cool kids? Over on Patreon we have an entire special-stuff kind of world … AND IT'S 100% FREE!  Yes friends, free!  I mean you can chip in if you want, but it's not required … just appreciated.  Pop on over and see what else is happening! Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com ——————————————————— Every week you can have a newsletter delivered right to your inbox!  A simple once-a-week email with honest thoughts and suggestions about a more intentional and focused life.  Brought to you from the back of a converted school bus.  Plus news from every corner of the Slow The #%&*! Down empire (videos, podcasts, articles). Get THE NEWSLETTER! 📬 https://mailchi.mp/eb968a0cf3ab/slow-the-down ——————————————————— Hey sponsors and collaborators!  If you want more information on how we can work together … 💼 https://www.masteringthesecondhalf.com --————————————————— 💬  So, what's this channel all about? 🤒  "Daddy Issues ... and the Lost Art Of Slow Drinking" 💬  Ummm, excuse me? Hi, I'm Rick and I currently live and wander in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me ... you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀 Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, fun people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you. 🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support

A tried and true way of improving some aspect of yourself has always been found in the self-help aisle of your local bookstore.  (Remember those?)  Then came the internet and we suddenly had online courses ... plus YouTube and the thousands of creators telling you what you wanted (and didn't want) to hear.  It was a win-win all around.  People got advice and subject matter gurus got a career. And then 2023 happened. "New Technology Requires Humans To Think MORE, Not Less" This is the story of how ChatGPT and other like-minded AIs are going to change the face of not just self-help, but pretty much everything we use the internet for.  (Think Google and YouTube).  Are we humans ready and prepared to use these new tools wisely?  Or is this just one more step towards larger echo chambers and more polarization?  Is global civil war just around the corner? ——————————————————— Want to support the channel?  Read interesting articles?  Hang out with the cool kids? Over on Patreon we have an entire behind-the-scenes, special-stuff kind of world … AND IT'S 100% FREE!  Yes friends, free!  I mean you can chip in if you want, but it's not required … just appreciated.  Pop on over and see what else is happening! Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com ——————————————————— Every week you can have a newsletter delivered right to your inbox!  A simple once-a-week email with honest thoughts and suggestions about a more intentional and focused life.  Brought to you from the back of a converted school bus.  Plus news from every corner of the Slow The #%&*! Down empire (videos, podcasts, articles). Get THE NEWSLETTER! 📬 https://mailchi.mp/eb968a0cf3ab/slow-the-down ——————————————————— Hey sponsors and collaborators!  If you want more information on how we can work together … 💼 https://www.masteringthesecondhalf.com --————————————————— 💬  So, what's this channel all about? 🤒  "Daddy Issues ... and the Lost Art Of Slow Drinking" 💬  Ummm, excuse me? Hi, I'm Rick and I currently live and wander in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me ... you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀 Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, fun people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you. 🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support

So … there's a YouTube channel called struthless which is hosted by a guy named Cam.  He's fun.  He does motivational videos from a goofy Australian dude's perspective.  And on his 30th birthday he made a list of 30 rules to live by.  Pretty decent rules, most of them.  And he encouraged others to do the same.  (Make their own lists, I mean). Well I'm 61, but you probably don't want to hear 61 rules, right?  So I subtracted my pre-adult years from that number … and I'm not saying that I ever actually achieved adulthood, but work with me here … and that math leaves (61 - 18) … carry the remainder and divide by pi … equals 43!   So yes dear campers, today I give you 43 precise, wonderful, and insightful rules of a purposeful life … that almost surely could even be correct. "Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you." ——————————————————— Want to join the Slow Living movement and support the channel?  Read interesting articles?  Interact with the cool kids? Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com --————————————————— Want to play along and chat?  Head over to the COMMUNITY TAB! 👪 https://www.youtube.com/@rickhiggins/... --————————————————— Hi, I'm Rick … and I'm on a semi-sacred quest.   Short Version: I currently live in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me, you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀 Longer Version: My partner Nikki and I are wandering nomad-style to discover places and cultures, absorbing new ideas as we go. (However pokey that going might be). Life has the ability to teach us so much, if we only allow it time. (Deep, huh?) Longest Version: The rat race almost killed me. Dramatic? Yep! True? Also yes. Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, happy people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. So I'm turning my own personal bus around and heading in a new and wonderful direction. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you.  Pura Vida my friends. Pura Vida. 🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support

We decided that the absolute best way for two 60-something human beings to live would be to purchase a 15 year old decommissioned school bus (Skoolie Life!), do the work ourselves to turn it into an "RV", and then live in it full-time as we drive randomly around the Americas (slowly!) … all without concrete plans or gainful employment. This episode is also a rousing discussion of time, because the ever-ticking clock plays a huge role in how and where we all live.  The problem, you see, is that we killed time. "Our Best Idea? Or Worst Mistake?" In today's episode we're going to give you a tour of our lifestyle and finally painted not-yellow bus (it's finally ready for prime-time!), as well as discuss why we're choosing this lifestyle.  And perhaps give you some inspiration for changes in your own world. And if you want to read more on the topic, check out this article on Medium! The Curious History of SLOW LIVING https://rickhiggins.medium.com/the-curious-history-of-slow-living-ac4c3995a697 ——————————————————— Want to support the channel?  Get behind-the-scenes goodness?  Hang out with the cool kids? Over on Patreon we have an entire special-stuff kind of world … AND IT'S 100% FREE!  Yes friends, free!  I mean you can chip in if you want, but it's not required … just appreciated.  Pop on over and see what else is happening! Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com --————————————————— 💬  So, what's this channel all about? 🤒  "Daddy Issues ... and the Lost Art Of Slow Drinking" 💬  Ummm, excuse me? Hi, I'm Rick and I currently live and wander in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me ... you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀 Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, fun people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you. 🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support

Have I got your attention, you perv?  I'll bet you read that title and saw the artwork and thought … "Whoa!, a 70s porn podcast!".  Well, sorry to disappoint but … no.  (Not much anyway). "Slower is almost always better … almost" Welcome to the podcast (and the YouTube channel of the same name, if watching is more your thing).  Deeper and not faster relates to a pace of life.  Slow living as it were.  Only that name really doesn't describe what the lifestyle is all about.  Not even close.  Because you can be as fast as you want just as long as you do it with a purpose. ——————————————————— Want to support the channel?  Get behind-the-scenes goodness?  Hang out with the cool kids? Over on Patreon we have an entire special-stuff kind of world … AND IT'S 100% FREE!  Yes friends, free!  I mean you can chip in if you want, but it's not required … just appreciated.  Pop on over and see what else is happening! Join THE SLOTH CLUB! 🐌 http://theslothclub.com --————————————————— 💬  So, what's this channel all about? 🤒  "Daddy Issues ... and the Lost Art Of Slow Drinking" 💬  Ummm, excuse me? Hi, I'm Rick and I currently live and wander in a converted school bus, trying to create a more intentional and slower lifestyle. And believe me ... you can't get much slower than driving a skoolie. 😀 Basically I'm trying hard not to try so hard. To find joy, fun people, and a life that involves discovery and humor. To smile more and scream less. To eat my vegetables. And being the overly social person that I am, I want to share all of this with you. 🔗 http://rickhiggins.com Produced by Mastering The Second Half LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rickhiggins/support