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Why Do We Keep So Much Stuff?

On October 1, 2018December 9, 2018 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Keep less. Delete more. Live better.

There Is More

On July 10, 2017December 20, 2023 By Steve SampsonIn Fatherly AdviceLeave a comment

There's much more to life than meets the eye, and we have to remember to look for it.

Who Needs this Learning Stuff?

On September 1, 2016November 20, 2017 By Steve SampsonIn Fatherly AdviceLeave a comment

Dear Daughters, As you went back to school this week, one of you posed the question kids have been asking since the dawn of educational time: "when am I ever going to use this stuff?" You had in mind the contents of your lessons: the facts of history and the functions of algebra. But when …

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Your Mind is a Nonfiction Writer

On June 29, 2016November 20, 2017 By Steve SampsonIn Words to the Wise3 Comments

Your mind is in the business of constantly creating stories. Are you editing them?

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