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Trust the Machine
It was an unconventional drive to Calgary as I let Buick’s Super Cruise ™ do 80% of the driving. Other than staring out the front window,...
Luke Miller
Aug 23, 20241 min read


Great Engineering
I’d heard that AeroPress made amazing coffee. All the reviews were stellar, and it came highly recommended by Dave, my most trusted...
Luke Miller
Aug 16, 20241 min read


Payday
Karina, Olive, and Hazel submitted 55 pieces of baking, photography, and crafts for the local fair. At $5 for first, $4 for second, and...
Luke Miller
Aug 9, 20241 min read


Send your appreciation
I found a cute little note sitting on my computer this week saying “Open if you are Dad!”. Olive had left me a random, sweet message, for...
Luke Miller
Aug 2, 20241 min read


Emergence
It was somewhat ironic, that I spent time this week planning activities for an upcoming conference we are hosting in Jasper, only to...
Luke Miller
Jul 26, 20241 min read


Teaching through sacrifice
Often when you are a leader, innovator, or explorer you will run into the obstacles and mishaps before others, and the people who follow...
Luke Miller
Jul 19, 20241 min read


There will be a story either way
I texted Karina a picture of the largest spider I’d ever seen in our basement. “WTF, WHAT HAPPENED?” was the immediate response. I then...
Luke Miller
Jul 12, 20241 min read


Farm Cat Life Lottery
Bagel and Milo live a pretty posh life at our farm. A sheltered home on our deck, with clean linens and protection from the elements. A...
Luke Miller
Jul 5, 20241 min read


Once in a lifetime
In an amazing display of cosmic irony, I sat in a hall listening to the calm voice of Eckhart Tolle mere blocks away from the largest...
Luke Miller
Jun 28, 20241 min read


A cell phone free bathroom experience
Something remarkable occurred a month ago. I sat down at the toilet and forgot my phone at the sink. How would I ever get through my...
Luke Miller
Jun 21, 20241 min read


Administrative overhead
I was slightly demoralized as I listened to Cal Newport describe slow productivity, and how working on less things at once actually leads...
Luke Miller
Jun 14, 20241 min read


Discipline
Ozempic, the magic shot. Feel satiated all day, shed pounds, look good… win win. Except the data is showing that people who get the ‘fit...
Luke Miller
Jun 7, 20241 min read


The Early Bird gets the Sun
So many of our Spring days, from 4:00 am till 8:00 am, include beautiful sunrises, clear skies, birds chirping, and calm winds. Then...
Luke Miller
May 31, 20241 min read


RIP Coco
I received a heart wrenching phone call from Hazel on Monday, “Dad… Coco is dead.. (Sob sob).” Coco was Hazel’s first personal pet, and...
Luke Miller
May 24, 20241 min read


Unmeasurable Value
Naval Ravikant, on The Tim Ferriss show again reminded me of an amazing thought experiment: On the last day of your life, what amount...
Luke Miller
May 17, 20241 min read


Who’s your Guru?
It was recent discussions around multi-level marketing, and stories of the cult-like organizations drawing people in, that got me...
Luke Miller
May 10, 20241 min read


What’s your vibration?
Instagram has been feeding me a lot of ‘woo’ posts lately, many related to energy. They claim things like: “the frequency at which our...
Luke Miller
May 3, 20241 min read


Nature and movement
My mind was spinning this morning, with a hundred tasks fighting their way on to an imaginary to-do list. Even as I meditated, then...
Luke Miller
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Back to the basics
I took a picture of the resources I used during a numeracy and literacy intervention teaching job I just completed. It showed the wide...
Luke Miller
Apr 19, 20241 min read


Instagram Wisdom
“Be the pond not the fish” was a strange yet effective quote I recently acquired from an Insta post. The fish refers to each of your...
Luke Miller
Apr 12, 20241 min read