Category: Why you do it

Breakup with the news

If every time you spend time with your partner, she only talks about depressing stuff, constantly bums you out and makes you … More

How’s the weather?

I’ve come to realize it’s not realistic to think the weather is always good (even in heavy rain or storms). … More

Nothing and Nobody

There’s a difference between needing others company and wanting it. About 9 times out of 10, we have a choice … More

Get over it

If you’re feeling bad, about 9 times out of 10, those 3 words are the best sympathy anyone can give … More

Want what you have

In September 2004, I was on a street corner in the Central Business District (CBD) in Melbourne, on the way … More

Weakness into strength

When Arnold Schwarznegger came to America, people laughed at him. Here’s this yodelling European yokel who wants to be a … More

THESE ARE the days

Do you look back on a time in your life and half think, ‘That was sweet…’ and half think, ‘If … More

1 less thing

Diogenes was the guy who started the philosophical movement of Cynicism in ancient Greece. Emily Watson, in Seneca – A Life says that he … More

It is what it is

When Elon Musk was a little kid in South Africa, around 10 years old, there was a boy who was … More