Category: Philosophy
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Joys of the Morning Coffee Walk
Coffee, nature, and good company. What more do you need? The alarm goes off at 4:45 am. My dream where I’m piloting a Gundam has suddenly ended. It’s too early to be awake, you’d assume. Yet, we’re excited. It’s a great time to get up because it’s time for our coffee walk. So whilst we…
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Stoicism at the Gym: Big biceps are not up to me
I never thought I would use Stoicism at the gym. To think about it with building muscle. Before I had the knowledge I have now, Stoicism was a bunch of tools to use in stressful situations. It’s for when you get a high importance email that actually isn’t important and everyone wants you to drop…
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On Getting Older and Living Unhurried
It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, whilst the old man has docked in the harbour, having safeguarded his true happiness. Epicurus I wonder at times what old…
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Lessons from presenting Cicero’s On Duties
No part of life, whether in public or in private affairs, abroad or at home, in your personal conduct or your social relations, can be free from the claims of duty. It is in the observance of duty that lies all the honour of life. In its neglect, all of the shame. Cicero, On Duties…
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The emotion of ‘looking forward’
I experience a lot of positive emotions when I think about future plans. We have a great trip coming up. There’s fatherhood. I’m catching up with my cousin. With my interest in Stoicism, this led me to think about emotions and ‘looking forward’ to something. Can we? I believe so. For a Stoic, emotions are…
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Developing our shape
The concept of having an ideal shape in terms of our character has fascinated me lately. One question I’ve been thinking about is, how do we shape ourselves appropriately to fit with Nature? Why should we focus on developing our shape? It’s a question worth thinking about. Our lives are full of a series of…