‘It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe’ – Muhammed Ali Somethings in life get pushed aside. In our drive to be better, live better our priority is going to be the work. But in our drive to climb upwards things get forgotten. We all know […]
The great lie of comfort and becoming Antifragile
‘What does not kill me, makes me stronger’. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888 Our lives are easy in many ways. Most of us are not starving, we have a roof over our heads, water, clothes, entertainments, and more. We have defeated numerous threats like diseases, starvation, and lawlessness. The standards of living have […]
Minimalism and Cyberhoarding
As part of my Minimalism drive, I’ve been looking to making some more space by reducing the size of my PC. My computers have long been large because I was a gamer. I needed a big rig. But in 2016 I gave up on gaming and wanted to downsize. So my next PC was more […]
Life is about play, and why we need more of it
What’s missing in my life? Well many things but one I can identify is time for fun. Messing about, play. Sometimes I don’t want a goal a purpose to work towards. Measure my success rate, wonder how I’m doing, am I doing it right. I want to do something without the oversight of my own […]
My Minimalist journey Part 1
I have never had much in the way of possessions. But my desire to live a more authentic happier life was rekindled after reading the book Goodbye Things by Fumia Sasaki. It explains the author’s personal journey into a more minimalist lifestyle. What it takes, how he did it and the results. I had some […]
Why is health important? (and why you should care more about it)
This may seem like a silly question, but given the pervasiveness of chronic illness around it’s worth reminding ourselves. Our attitude towards health often appears to be one of grudging acceptance. We do acknowledge its role but we hate the idea, and the reality that we have to take care of ourselves to maintain our […]