This is a great statement and one I struggle with all the time. As it turns out, I love learning about health and nutrition and can’t stop myself from trying to help others. I think it’s why I’m here.

But sometimes I think I’m not really living fully because I’m always so focused on learning so I can teach others. I mean, I have a lot of leisure time, but I don’t have a lot of fun. But having fun often requires money, something I don’t have right now. So I study to build knowledge to create products I can sell. But when will I ever be ready? Maybe I should just hang up the blog, get a job, and have fun.

Do you have a recommendation for a good primer on Natural Hygiene?

My all-time favorite book is Human Life It’s Philosophy and Laws by Herbert Shelton, but it’s a massive book and his writing is a bit odd. But once you get used to him, you may find yourself a big fan like so many thousands.

You can try Dr. Bass’s website. He’s one of the few natural hygiene educators who recommends consumption of meat. Another site is The International Natural Hygiene Society.

A while back I was thinking about going back to school to study nutrition or even become a naturopathic doctor. I don’t have much desire to do that anymore. I’ve come to believe that it’s increadibly simple (although increadibly difficult in our modern society) to be healthy and happy. Eat quality whole foods, get plenty of rest, avoid stress, play and be active, get out and connect with nature, etc. Why would I want to go back to school for 5 years to study how to live, when it’s that simple. Surely we have to devote a little time to learning how to live (our modern cultures teach it so poorly) but when we make our life about learning to live, then we forget to actually live.

Obviously the human species isn’t as flawed as our society likes to think it is. If it was, we would have never survived so long. Rather it’s civilization that’s flawed and is forcing us all into ways of living that fail to embrace our evolutionary history.

Do you have a recommendation for a good primer on Natural Hygiene? I’m guessing I agree with most of it, but I’ve never really done much reading on the subject and I’m curious. Thanks again for the great articles, and keep up the good work.