The Starting Line
It’s wild when you think about it: the word “natural” doesn’t really exist in our economic framework.
The economy wants things fast.
Measurable. Profitable. Optimized.
But nature?
Nature works in
rhythms, cycles, and patience.
Nature heals—but on its own timeline.
And this is where I often feel conflicted.
I studied economics. I trained in education. And yet, everything I teach now—meditation, positive psychology, self-awareness—is about not participating in that economic machine.
At least not blindly.
The Path
The economy wants your pain solved now.
But the body? The mind? They want time.
We live in a world that gives you a pill before it gives you a pause. We’ve been conditioned to seek the shortcut.
The hack. The dopamine hit.
But most of these quick fixes come at a cost.
They numb. They delay.
They trade long-term healing for short-term comfort.
Take depression.
The dominant approach is to medicate and move on.
But what if we didn’t run from it?
What if we sat with it—really sat with it—
and asked what it was trying to teach us?
Depression isn’t always a chemical flaw.
Sometimes, it’s a signal.
An alarm going off in a life misaligned.
Nature offers a different path…
Autophagy. Rest. Fasting. Stillness. Breathing.
Practices that require time, presence, and discomfort.
But they strengthen you.
Not just in body—but in clarity, in character, in conviction.
The Finish Line
We don’t talk about “natural” because it doesn’t sell well.
It’s slow. It’s hard to brand. You can’t slap a logo on stillness.
But it’s real. And it works.
If you’re willing to do the deeper work—
not for likes, not for profit, but for truth—
nature is ready to meet you.
Slow down.
Sit still.
Let the healing come.
Not from the outside in. From the inside out.
Peace be the journey,
— Ace
One Way Grit 