Holistic companion

Different folks, different strokes. Men who travel a lot or live abroad know this adage well. It applies to every aspect of life. And high end companionship is no exception. How do men from different cultures understand the concept of high end companionship? How do cultural differences reflect in men's understanding of high end companionship? The concept of companionship as a marketable activity of entertainment hails from the U.S. American men therefore generally understand it as what it is - the company of another person. Whether the company of another person will include intimacy is not the main interest of the American man who seeks company.  He wants to spend time with a person with whom he can connect, talk, and do things. And if intimacy happens, it can only be a pleasant bonus. Of course, no man will say no to intimacy if the opportunity arises. But the American man will not protest against paying for companionship without intimacy as long as he feels that he will connect with the person. Canadian men's main interest is generally the same. And since Canada is the USA's neighbour, it is hardly surprising that the cultural differences are small. Of course, Canada is between the U.S. and Britain, so more and more Canadian men secretly expect that intimacy will be involved. But it still isn't thei focus in seeking high end companionship. So if intimacy isn't involved, they generally don't protest. Contrastingly, the cultural differences o... Read More

Would you sleep without me?  Sleeping with me would keep you awake!  And keeping awake is what people in today's at least western society certainly do way too much of - to the cost of their health, productivity, and quality of life.  Do you sleep enough? Or nowhere near enough? This society lives in constant deprivation of sleep. And getting it to sleep more requires serious work. Paradoxically, even though people are sufficiently educated about the negative effects of sleeping little, many don't seem to notice... And when things start going wrong with them, most hardly look for connections in not sleeping enough. In fact they use stimulants instead! Sleep more and regularly as soon as you feel burnt out. Some people think that burnout is essential for achievement and success. And as man is excellent at adapting, those people get so used to burnout that they don't notice that they're exhausted. That makes being tired the new norm. Some people view sleep as boring. Hence sleeping little is an act of pride - they say 'we don't need to sleep!'.  But there's huge economic cost to not sleeping enough. We think that we sacrifice sleeping for productivity, but we lose productivity to sickness, weakness, issues listed below, and worse mental capacity. Addiction to technology doesn't help either. People find it harder to disconnect and go to sleep, But we're not machines - we cannot minimize downtime. Most people need 7 ... Read More