Bureaucratic Eligibilty Paradox

When you merge inverse care law with the concept of administrative burden, you get what I call ‘The Bureaucratic Eligibility Paradox.’ The Bureaucratic Eligibility Paradox indicates that the people most in need of help are often the least able to satisfy the bureaucratic behaviors required to re

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How to Separate “Your Original Ideal Self” from what you Really Want in Life

You are born into expectations. You aren’t born with a blank slate. You might like to think there was a time in your life when you were young and didn’t have as many expectations placed on you. While you did not place as many expectations on yourself because you were young, there were already e

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The Vocabulary for A Grounded Life, Part II

These terms are part of the evolving vocabulary of A Grounded Life. They were created to name patterns many of us recognize but rarely have language for. Naming them gives us a foundation from which we can address how we react to and manage those behaviors when we encounter them from other pe

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The Vocabulary of A Grounded Life, Pt. I

These terms are part of the evolving vocabulary of A Grounded Life. They were created to name patterns many of us recognize but rarely have language for. Language doesn’t reduce reality; it helps us notice patterns within it. When a pattern has a name, it becomes easier to notice, and once we

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Vincent James