When we started writing at 3mph five years ago, we wanted to share our explorations into living a slower more intentional life; an alternative to the American Dream. At least the rush hour traffic, nose to the grindstone, late nights part of it. We didn’t enjoy the productivity meetings, performance reviews and email hell all […]
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I first heard the term “Circadian Rhythm,” a few decades ago. I was taking a defensive driving class and there was a discussion about how our body’s biological clock slows down in the early afternoon, which can cause a case of the tireds, while driving. The same reason the siesta became so popular in numerous
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The majority of folks, (about 2/3) feel some pressure to make a New Year’s resolution and of those that make one, roughly 90% fail to achieve any lasting success. But there’s excitement in the air, as the New Year represents a fresh start and when one thing comes to an end, something new must begin.
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The Solstice is behind us and Christmas is rapidly approaching. This time of year is always the most difficult season for me to stay rooted in the present moment. The short days and long nights upset my sun-seeking, biological rhythm and the stress and anxiety around traveling and Christmas activities, exacerbate the rhythmlessness. It’s like
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The pharmaceutical industry has propagated one of the greatest lies in the history of medicine. The belief that tweaking a symptom this way or that, by shutting off a signaling molecule, enzyme or hormone actually fixes the problem. Sadly, the underlying issue is often exacerbated by these pharmaceuticals. The medical industry has followed along, prescribing
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Things have been a little hectic lately, so we were looking for something to bring us back into balance. There’s nothing like a little comfort food to generate some harmony in the home, and one of our favorites is Chicken Pot Pie. A lot of folks just buy their pie crusts from the refrigerated section
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Isn’t it interesting that the most intelligent animals in the Great Wide World are the most violent and dangerous. The closest animals to humans are primates, in fact chimpanzees share almost 99% of our DNA. And Chimps are the most violent and agressive of all the animals in the animal kingdom, next to man of
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Fitness and diet have become two of the most important things in our lives, in the last half decade. Before that, we didn’t give them the correct weighting in our daily life. When we were young we wielded them like weapons, to achieve one goal or another and then we would resheath them until we
We’ve been experiencing a bit of disharmony lately at 3mph.org. Vickie and I’ve been connected for over three and a half decades and we’ve lived in harmony for the largest percentage of that time. However, occasionally, during life changing events, like getting a new puppy, the stress that comes with change stretches nerves for awhile.
One of our favorite quotes at 3mph, is “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.” We’ve always attributed the quote to Hippocrates, the 1st doctor. Research however, suggests that Hippocrates never uttered those words. It doesn’t really matter who said it first, we love the concept and strive to make it
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We drove up to Eastern Oregon to pick up a new pup; a trip of 2500 miles or so, by the time we got back to the cottage; hotels, campgrounds, gas and food probably cost more than he did. Was he worth it? A resounding YES, and that’s after he peed, pooped and puked in
We’re fond of the word “evolution,” and use it frequently in our essays and meanderings but not in the Darwinian sense of genetic mutation or survival of the fittest. We’re generally referring to the process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse – to a higher, more complex, or better state. In other
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Carpe Diem is at the top of my dead language metaphor list. It’s like a war cry for, warriors of the present moment. Poets and philosophers have expressed the sentiment for millennia and plenty of folks in the present age must connect with the sentiment as well. The phrase gets used extensively in the names