Getting Started
I like to look at the world as a big collection of people and their “doorsteps”. YourOwnDoorStep.com is dedicated to exploring the ideas that if we all try to improve ourselves a little in small, convenient ways and if we all just keep our own doorsteps a bit cleaner then we’ll be happier, healthier, more satisfied people and that those changes in us will naturally come to be embodied in the world around us.
My hope is that YourOwnDoorStep.com can play a small part in helping you in your quest to live a happy, healthy and genuine life. I don’t claim to have all – or even any – of the answers, but if we don’t try to figure things out we’ll just end up stuck and stagnating.
Everything on YourOwnDoorStep.com is free. It’s aimed at helping you to be happier, healthier and more fulfilled but not through gimicks, tricks, telling you what to think or pretending to know everything. Things are really only our own when we work for them and figure them out for ourselves, and that’s what I’m trying to do. I hope that in the process of figuring things out for myself I can provide a bit of inspiration, hope and motivation for you as well and that maybe something you see on this site will help you to keep going and succeed even when you feel like giving up.
This page gives you a brief overview of the various parts of the site and will help you find the way through it that suits you best.
The Core Principles
Honestly, I don’t like the name of this section but I can’t think of anything better. All it is is a set of principles and ideas that I’ve found helpful. They’re not magical recipes that will solve all your problems and they’re not rules of any kind.
The core principles are just common sense suggestions that outline one possible approach to moving towards a happier, more sustainable life and meaningful personal growth.
They aren’t comprehensive and they’re certainly not the only way. If they’re for you, that’s great. If not, no problem. What’s important is the spirit and the intention, not the specifics. We can take many different paths to the same place!
Check out the Core Principles page to read more about them.
The Articles
The majority of the content on YourOwnDoorStep.com is made up of articles that cover a variety of subjects. Some of them relate directly to and expand upon the Core Principles, some relate to the philosophy behind YourOwnDoorStep.com, some are on other topics and some are just about things I like.
The most recent article is always featured on the front page. There’s a list of the 5 most recent articles in the sidebar, the 10 most recent articles are available on the blog page and all of them are available broken down by category, on the Articles page. You can also search for articles that contain specific terms using the search box on the right side of the main menu.
If you have an idea or request for an article topic, please feel free to contact me. I can’t make any promises but I’ll take a look and do my best.
The Philosophy
The fundamental idea behind YourOwnDoorStep.com – that we can fix the world by fixing ourselves – isn’t just wishful thinking. It’s the logical and inevitable result of a set of simple but profound and inter-related ideas that lie at at the heart of the philosophy behind YourOwnDoorStep.com.
It isn’t necessry to read, understand or even agree with the philosophy in order to use the material on the site but if you want to read a bit more about it, check out the Philosophy page.
Goals And Paths
YourOwnDoorStep.com focuses on personal development, happiness and sustainability. The long-term goal is to create meaningful and widespread positive change in the world, but this can’t be our focus.
With one eye on the goal, we only have one eye left to look at what’s right in front of us – and it’s what’s right in front of us that offers us the opportunity for happiness, growth and freedom.
If enough of us focus on living cleanly and on our own happiness in a conscious, responsible and sustainable way, then the world will take care of itself. Welcome to YourOwnDoorStep.com.
