This essay is about respecting reality and, at first glance, it might seem unnecessary. I can see responses falling into one of two camps. The first group consists of the type of person who almost revels in the complexity of reality, in the unknowability of it all, and who says things like “Aaaah, but whose … Read more
Collapse I never sought Eudaimonia. On the 23rd of March, 2019, sitting in the kitchen with a pounding headache caused by alcohol withdrawal, stress and antidepressants, I knew everything was about to change. I was done. Having quit my job a few weeks before and seen the doctor about my anxiety, change was already underway, … Read more
Many of our problems at work don’t come from the right things going wrong, but from chasing the wrong things altogether. The Stoics understood that our desires need training rather than blind obedience. When you learn to examine what you want with more care, your career becomes calmer, clearer, and far more meaningful.
Category: The Inner Life Ah, the story. Everyone talks about it, but few ever notice just how much power it holds. Not the stories we read in books or watch on screens, but the ones that hum beneath our everyday thoughts – the private narratives that tell us who we are, what we deserve, and … Read more