Hello and welcome to the first post! My name is Gavin Niemi and I have started the Good Life Sines blog as a forum to express my thoughts about a variety of topics but primarily focused around meaningful living. When coming up with the Good Life Sines name — which I don’t know if I love it or not — I attempted to find words to express the feeling I often have that my world is constantly changing by my force or the universe. The “Good” is for a positive angle and the fact that it was the best alternative that WordPress had because it didn’t have simply “lifesines”, which is what I typed in initially. “Life” is for the obvious — our experience of human life. And “Sines” is what I have chosen to represent the rhythm of life — the ups and downs, yin and yangs, whether I go left or right. And since I am mathematical in nature the sine wave makes a lot of sense (see: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sinewave.asp).

Themes that I expect to write about include sustainable living, minimalism (but not to the extreme definition some people go to), healthy living, food, nature, the 3 R’s (Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose), earth-friendly living, raising a family, relationships, and lots of humor! And how hard it is to make changes in your life in general. But the (sine) wave will be my guide and I hope some folks will find this interesting, inspiring maybe, and at least want to contribute ideas and thoughts. And if not, that’s fine, this is for me anyways :) haha Carpe diem!