Degrees in Idealism

exploring how we would live if we truly believed life was meaningful

Why we still use a ticking clock

10.17.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Our power recently went out and the digital clock on our microwave went out along with it. My husband usually resets it, but for some reason, this time he didn’t. So I found myself looking over at the blank screen, instinctively, throughout the day, and then I had to remind myself to look a few feet away at […]

Categories // Culture, Soul, Wellness Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #modernity, #technology

Seven Ways To Silence Your Phone

01.27.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 3 Comments

It takes courage to live in the present when we are constantly tempted by the endless escape and connectivity of technology. But how do we cultivate such courage? As with developing any virtue, the best thing we can do for ourselves is to create an environment that is conducive to that virtue. Surround yourself with beauty. Try to make […]

Categories // Culture, Soul Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #smartphones, #technology, #technologyproblems

When We’re Afraid to Live Beyond a Screen

01.20.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 4 Comments

The other day my family and I were out to dinner and at the table next to us everyone was on their phone. For the entire meal, eyes were never lifted except to take a bite of food and words were never said except to share something from the phones. I know I struggle with […]

Categories // Beauty, Culture, Soul Tags // #livinginthepresent, #modernity, #relationships, #technology, #technologyproblems

Smartphone Rules 

05.22.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 5 Comments

Like most people, I benefit greatly from the use of my smartphone– but sometimes I get the urge to throw it over a cliff. We all know how addictive smartphones are and how harmful that addiction can be to our physical, social, psychological, emotional, and relational health. After months of frustration with my own addiction […]

Categories // Beauty, Culture, Family Tags // #livinginthepresent, #relationships, #smartphone, #technology, #technologyproblems

If Computers Replace Mozart

02.06.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I recently watched a video that compared human composed music with computer composed music. I was sure that the computer music would be robotic and easily recognizable. I was wrong. The computers made symphonies just as the humans made symphonies and most people (including me) couldn’t tell the difference between the two. And this terrified […]

Categories // Beauty, Culture, Soul Tags // #beauty, #findingmeaning, #mozart, #music, #technology, #technologyproblems

About Me

I'm Elizabeth. I'm a wife, a mother to six children, a writer, and a lover and seeker of the beautiful, the true, and the good. I am a believer in idealism-- that even amidst the chaos and the confusion, the exhaustion and the sadness of life there is always joy to be found, hope to be clung to, and a better path to be taken. I write my thoughts on this blog. Links to my fiction books are at the bottom of the page.

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