Full Disclosure.
33
BRICK BY BRICK
Make your therapist proud.
35
BOTTLE SERVICE
Frangrances meet their
spiritual match.
39
I once, very much
by accident, drove my
snowmobile off a cliff.
Let me rewind a little
bit. Some lessons are
more painful to learn than
others. “The more you go
to the edge of your limits,
the more your limits will
expand” a wise, highly-
stylized, inspirational quote
on Pinterest once told me.
Bullshit.
This morsel of wisdom
may be true in many
scenarios; not so much
when the elements (in
order) are snowmobile,
cliff, speed, branch. In that
moment, while careening
(a word I've oft thought
about using but never had
the right context) towards
a low-lying tree, the edge
of my limits did not expand
with me. The cliff's edge
remained an absolute,
unyielding limit.
But the edge isn’t always
so literal. In a sense, life is
all about your limitations:
setting them, knowing
them, defying them.
(It’s also about always
buying the insurance.) The
psychological or cultural
cliff edges that come to
define us may feel too
high or treacherous to
navigate; but with planes
or parachutes, they can,
at times, be transcended,
redefined. That’s why we’ve
opened up this issue to our
contributors to interpret
what the edge means to
them. Whether it’s what
gives you an edge (p. 23,
"A Cut Above"), building
boundaries (pg. 33, "Brick
by Brick") or how to avoid
the brink of financial
despair (pg. 11, "How To
Save Money, No Hypnotist
Required"). And, of course
just keeping it literal (pg. 7,
"Peak Wine”).
A balanced life is about
standing firmly on the
edge, breathing in the
magnificent scenery, and
looking over with limitless
imagination. Dare to dream,
all the way down the cliff.
Then open your parachute
and leap off. Just don't
forget the insurance.
Mr. Sylvanus Urban
KNIFE SKILLS
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essential.
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