Sometimes the thing you want to give a lot of fucks about it is right there under your nose. The thing you’re chasing, pursuing and wanting to be or do can
Month: September 2017
Trials, Challenges or difficulties? Bring ’em on.Trials, Challenges or difficulties? Bring ’em on.
You are unfortunate in my judgement, if you have not been unfortunate. – Seneca, from On Providence When anything difficult, trying or challenging (whether small or massive) comes along, embrace
Optimism… pessimism… Same bullshit.Optimism… pessimism… Same bullshit.
The optimist taking an exam believes ‘I will definitely pass the exam’. And if they don’t it leaves them completely devastated, not being prepared for the chance they wouldn’t)t prepared for not
There are no days off in working towards your best lifeThere are no days off in working towards your best life
You must know that it is no easy thing for a principle to become a man’s own, unless each day he maintain it and hear it maintained, as well as
Another student of mine inspires me (+ another reason I’m going the next 364 days without taking a photo)Another student of mine inspires me (+ another reason I’m going the next 364 days without taking a photo)
I’m not taking a photo of anything (other than practical reasons, receipts etc. or for this blog) until September 2018. This is why, But today, a student of mine gave
Simultaneous experiment #2: Go 12 months without taking a single photoSimultaneous experiment #2: Go 12 months without taking a single photo
I made three new year’s resolutions this year and one was: Be Present. And for the most part I have. I don’t use my phone or computer in the presence
Can you use your mind to overpower pain? (+ my first experiment on pain: Get purposely stung like a motherbitch by a blue bottle)Can you use your mind to overpower pain? (+ my first experiment on pain: Get purposely stung like a motherbitch by a blue bottle)
If you see a black dog, you think ‘I see a black dog’. And much like you sense the dog with your eyeballs, you also sense when you hurt yourself.
If you couldn’t look back on the past, what would be the difference between a two day holiday or a two year one, or a two month relationship and a two decade one?If you couldn’t look back on the past, what would be the difference between a two day holiday or a two year one, or a two month relationship and a two decade one?
Time goes in one way, so life is just a series of NOWs. At some point they all pass, and are all in the past. So though the past does create you,
As soon as you have something or someone valuable in your life, prepare to lose them. Because you will, you have to, but that’s a healthy thing.As soon as you have something or someone valuable in your life, prepare to lose them. Because you will, you have to, but that’s a healthy thing.
Epictetus once placed an iron lamp in his home next to his household gods (valuables). He heard a noise at the door and next thing it was gone. He reflected
Here’s my review of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (and Stoicism): Just look at the state of the book. [+ The philosophy of: Marcus Aurelius]Here’s my review of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (and Stoicism): Just look at the state of the book. [+ The philosophy of: Marcus Aurelius]
6 weeks ago, my copy of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations looked like this: And yesterday, after consciously taking my time to read as little of it every day as possible (so as