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Who Reads Natural Awakenings?
James Steven Farnsworth does!
Job: I am a violinist who teaches and
performs for all celebrations and cer-
emonies of life. (Visit JamesSteven.com
and Graceful-Passages.com.)
Hobbies: QiBounding and flycycling,
in addition to studying music and per-
sonal actualization.
Long Weekends
How long have you been a Natural
Four-Day Work Week
Awakenings reader?
Produces
For more than eight years.
Multiple Bonuses
Utah’s public sector is leading a
What do you like about Natural
change to a four-day work week,
Awakenings?
watched closely by other states
Cutting-edge information in a full
interested in realizing comparable
spectrum of topics, which wonder-
savings in energy costs for employers
fully embraces healing arts practitioners and also connects and empowers our
and gasoline costs for commuters.
conscious community.
The first year’s 13 percent savings in
government building energy use and
What is healthy about your lifestyle?
associated 12,000-metric-ton reduc-
My lifestyle is geared for self-realization. I have a strong discipline of yoga and
tion in greenhouse-gas emissions
inner work, which helps me to remain present.
will help the state reach its goal of a
20 percent drop in energy usage by
Where is your favorite place to hang out?
2015. But that’s only half the story.
The PB Light Center [PBLightCenter.com, in East Naples], with owners Joanna
Managers report rises in pro-
and Brian Jones, who are the wonderful friends that are responsible for my
ductivity among Utah’s 18,000 state
move to Naples.
workers as a result of their new four,
10-hour days, to the tune of 9 per-
Veggie or carnivore?
cent less time off, according to Mike
I choose to be an organic omnivore, preferably at Food & Thought or Whole
Hansen, strategic planning manager
Foods.
in the Governor’s Office of Plan-
ning & Budget. The extended days
If you could have coffee or carrot juice with anyone, who would it be?
generally make it easier for custom-
I’d love to savor the company of Meher Baba [an Indian mystic and spiritual
ers to access services in the evenings.
master], my favorite embodiment of divine love in recent times.
At the Department of Motorized
Vehicles, lines have disappeared,
If you could have one wish for our planet, what would it be?
although they’ve determined that it’s
May the Earth and all beings be happy, peaceful and free.
best for the department to also keep
Friday hours.
From what do you draw inspiration?
Approval ratings for the four-day
From great people like my wife, Sylvia; from appreciating life’s incredible
work week are high, at 82 percent
perfection and beauty; and from knowing that I am here to express my Self for
among state employees and 60
the highest benefit of all.
percent among the general public. El
Paso, Texas, and Melbourne Beach,
What are you doing to be the change you want to see in the world?
Florida, have already made the
I fully embrace my life as it is. At the same time, I consistently work to devel-
switch, as well. Permanent three-day
op and evolve to higher levels of being and service.
weekends may not be far behind.
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