Guest post by Andrea Delwiche. What is a more excellent way? Maybe it's partially found in a commitment to embracing a quiet and obscure life.

He didn’t get what I was going on about and he told me as much. At that moment, I realized I was on a unique journey. I needed something more. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was ready to start living a more sustainable creative life through my spiritual journey.

Practicing spiritual disciplines like prayer, solitude, and unplugging can easily feel like needing to reach a super-high level of holiness or faith, to get it right, or to find that one perfect practice.