• Attempting to Relentlessly Enjoy the Dentist
    Jun 2 2025

    Philosophers Kahlil Gibran and Martha Nussbaum help me to stubbornly LOVE my dentist appointment.


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    10 mins
  • Does Happiness Really Come From Within?
    May 26 2025

    Today we are happy! Why? Can't figure it out. Well we can't just be happy - time to overexamine this wonderful feeling!


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    8 mins
  • My Favourite Tool For Coping With Unfairness
    May 22 2025

    Life is unfair. We're reminded of this everyday in little painful moments. Why are some people beautiful? Some rich? Some talented? etc. All I know is unfairness really hurts. Here's where I find some relief.


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    12 mins
  • Why Sunsets Are Lifechanging - Thoughts from Trancendentalists
    May 19 2025

    Sunsets are not just pretty things that happen to the sky, they are powerful reminders that tomorrow is a chance for a fresh start.

    We draw on trancendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson & anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing


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    6 mins
  • Why Understanding Absurdity Is Absurdly Freeing
    May 15 2025

    When you get down to the nitty gritty, nobody really knows anything concrete. That doesn't have to scare us, if we reframe, it can free us. Today we learn from Albert Camus and Franz Kafka.


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    9 mins
  • What I Learned Living On An Empty Island
    May 12 2025

    Life is far more complicated when you're not surrounded by endless ocean.


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    11 mins
  • Grass
    May 5 2025

    If the grass is greener somewhere else, it doesn't matter...


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    7 mins
  • Arrows
    May 1 2025

    I go on a spontaneous adventure...


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    6 mins