Live an Untethered Life

Live an Untethered Life

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  • Developing a gift giving decision strategy matrix maximizes feel good returns and minimizes gift exchange returns

    Now we seem to be maximizing our consumer instincts by buying gifts since it helps with our overall contentment. 

    But you are revealing your innermost thoughts about how you feel about this person.  by giving gifts, there be dragons.


    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2020/12/23/developing-a-gift-giving-decision-strategy-matrix-maximizes-feel-good-returns-and-minimizes-gift-exchange-returns/

    2 min
  • Trickster Trees and Nature Deficit Disorder

    People want to get back outdoors. And Nature Deficit disorder is a real thing. But sometimes nature has a tendency to do what it always has done. And getting in the way of that has always been a problem.


    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/25/trickster-trees-and-nature-deficit-disorder/

    7 min
  • I miss astral projection

    Just a few thoughts on astral projection. I think this was a bigger thing many years ago. But with all of the fantasy movies coming out, I think more people really wished this was occurring.


    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/25/i-miss-astral-projection/

    2 min
  • Dragon vs Nazgul mount

    if you had your preference, and apparently some sense of delusional immortality, which mount would you prefer. And all of this is pre Game of Thrones where dragons were way more cool.


    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2019/03/31/dragon-vs-nazgul-mount/

    1 min
  • Living after doing stupid

    When you are young, you don't really think you're immortal. It just never crosses your mind that you might get hurt. But now, I wonder about at least a few of times that I should have won the darwin award.


    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2021/05/02/living-after-doing-stupid/

    4 min
  • Nature Deficit Disorder and the Cottage Preseason Opener

    If you have a cottage, you are eagerly wanting to get there and open things up. Sometimes you have to be a bit cautious in case any part of nature made a nest before you got there. Here are some tales you could probably relate. 


    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/02/18/nature-deficit-disorder-and-the-cottage-preseason-opener/

    5 min
  • Smart Phone Dopamine Doping

    Is hearing that little bing on your phone feeling about the same as bing on a slot machine? Are you training yourself for little rewards?

    This episode is also available as a blog post: http://liveanuntetheredlife.com/2018/01/28/smart-phone-dopamine-doping/

    5 min

About Live an Untethered Life

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Gary Goodwin gives a humorous and whimsical look at bringing meaning to life. Can you cram the meaning of life into a tattoo? Is hell really someone eating fast food beside you in a theater? Is the pursuit of happiness really a trap? Find out the answers, or at least some thoughts about the answers along with more questions in Live an Untethered Life by Gary Goodwin, the Untethered Lawyer