Zach<p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> time!</p><p>I’m a husband, father of 3 young children, and an <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/actuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuary</span></a> by day.</p><p>I found <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a> in an effort to manage <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a>, then explored various philosophical/#spiritual rabbit holes, all in the vicinity of <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> (<a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Headspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Headspace</span></a> , <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ShinzenYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShinzenYoung</span></a> , <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/RobertWright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertWright</span></a> , <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/dharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dharma</span></a> study), though I stop short of calling myself a <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Buddhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhist</span></a> .</p><p>I’m in search of a community that shares a Buddhist-ish world-view to just chat and hang out here in the midst of 21st century western culture.</p>