The Life of Lou Ruppert

Downtime is another key component of good living. I’ve covered the concept of a sabbath day before. It’s a very organic way of looking at time management. In order to not burn out, we need to take downtime. Do the Tour de France riders do the race all in one shot? [...]

I have a lot of friends. It’s one of the things I’m most thankful for in my life, other than Jesus Christ and maybe Linux . Having a close circle of people who you trust and enjoy is one of the most important things in being successful at life. The strange [...]

In January, I usually go on a reduced diet. For a few weeks, I limit myself to consuming food I’ve managed to stockpile over the previous year. I always have more than enough to last me the whole month and beyond. I guess I’ll be ready if we have another Labor Day [...]

Tags: simplicity

Happy Ash Wednesday everyone.
Like last year, I’ll be trying to blog once a day during Lent. This year’s guidelines seem simple but will be quite a challenge: Each day, I will try to offer something positive and valuable in the blog. (Yes, it’s going to rain blog posts for forty days.) Hopefully [...]