Eric's Letters

I’m starting to use my phone as a super simple and super effective nudge toward having better days.

Answer that and maybe we get the keys to the kingdom.

I'm going to do my best to make 2024 a stand-out year. I hope you will too!

This is good news. I hope it's as comforting for you as it is for me.

I'd much rather be an optimist and be wrong than be a pessimist and be right.

An extremely short note on ritual and its role in the current madness.

It's an ancient and utterly unoriginal thought, but it bears repeating anyway: the journey is the destination.

If something has been around for a long time and still in its original form, it is likely to be around for a lot longer.

Randomness and chaos will enter, as they always do. Let's expect them, and not resist when they do.

Lately I've been questioning what really drives all this hunger.

You've almost certainly spent today without encountering some terrifying form of chaos, in contrast with much of the world.

Be on your own side. It makes life so much easier, and better.

I've always liked this word, but in my later decades its importance to me has only grown.

When people ask me what makes our matcha different from everyone else's, I often reply, "we like to pause."

Please take sleep as seriously as you do with a nutrient-dense, whole-foods diet and plenty of daily movement. It really matters!

Can you do one thing with impeccable integrity today? And one tomorrow, too?

Love often takes the form of a craving for attention, but it's really not: It's the gift of giving attention.

You grant your full attention to being open to whatever arises, in real time. A never-ending series of beginning again.

Can we love a little extra this year? Everyone around us would be the beneficiaries, but we will, too. Are there any downsides to trying?

A quick note to wish you, and everyone who matters to you, a two-week long period of bliss-ish relaxation.

This arising and passing of absolutely everything isn't some subjective claim about how the mind works.

Stop being effortful for brief moments throughout the day.

By taking brief pauses during transitional moments, such as opening a door or checking emails, and focusing on a single breath, they find a way...

Jiddu Krishnamurti, the Indian philosopher, found boundless happiness by declaring, "I don't mind what happens next," emphasizing the importance of accepting life's unpredictability and detaching...