Quarter of the way to what?

I recently passed the 250,000 lifetime United miles mark. This may seem low, but bear in mind that it's actual miles flow (no bonuses, no promos), and only on United (so no partner carriers, or other airlines). Assuming a rough average of 500MPH, that means I've spent 500 hours of my life on a United plane (which is about 20.8 days). And that's just on United.

Another point about this milestone is that it's a quarter of the way to the coveted "million mile" mark, at which point you receive Premier Exec status for life. So I'm a quarter of the way there. But what then?

All that matters is this...

My beloved yoga teacher Octavia Morgan taught her last SF class today. She's moving to Boulder, CO to be closer to her family, and I was lucky to have caught her on her last day of teaching here. To close the class, she left us with this quote:

In the end, all that matters is this...
How well did you love,
How fully did you live,
And how deeply you learned to let go.

Namaste, Octavia. Thank you for everything.

3 ounces or less

Yep, life might still be a peach, but frankly, it was loaded with baggage. This new blog is about life in 3 ounces or less -- yes, an homage to the much hated TSA 3-oz rule for carry-on liquids. The nature of blogging itself has changed dramatically since the days of Xanga, and even Blogger. We "microblog" minutiae via status updates, tweets, and IM statuses. Longer form prose almost takes too much effort. Well, I'm hoping this will be something in between. Ultimately, I realized that I don't have space in my life for that much baggage anymore. So this is my attempt to organize my thoughts metaphorically like carry-on luggage. Hence the title of this new blog.

Carry-on only from now on. Carry on.