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. … More

Simultaneous 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. … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

Emotions are a choice

Once dismiss the view you take, and you are out of danger. Who, then, is hindering such a dismissal?   … More

Why you do it: Handwriting and sending letters overseas like it’s 1997

Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living. And as is one without purpose. A purpose for everything we … More

The philosophy of: The Mighty Boosh Moon (aka Noel Fielding)

This is Noel Fielding as Vince Noir in the brilliant, mid-2000s British comedy, The Mighty Boosh. Is he the coolest … More

‘It can’t be done.’… Hang on, wait, why the fuck not? [+ the first day of learning 2 languages at once]

This guy probably got told ‘You won’t be able to do it’ or heard people say ‘No way. It’s impossible’: Pretty … More