On March 14th, in the notes app of my iPhone, I typed these four simple words: “Meditation is the key.” I had quickly typed this after feeling particularly inspired by watching some videos on YouTube about meditation. I was familiar with the practice, but I had never actually tried to meditate. It always seemed too…
It’s All In Your Head
In 2000, the global suicide rate was 11.0, out of a population of 100,000 people. Fast forward to 2019. The global suicide rate has now jumped to 16.10 per 100,000 people. Since 2000, the suicide rate has been on a steady increase. According to the CDC, suicide deaths have raised around 25 percent in America…
Five Books to Read on Stoicism
Many people shy away from learning about philosophy simply because it is too difficult. Not only are the hours of reading complicated text difficult, but so is finding a place to start. It can be hard knowing which books to read when discovering a philosophy. If you are looking to learn more about the philosophy…
Read These Five Books to Become More Productive
We all at some point or another have had a really productive day. A day where everything is clicking and nothing goes wrong. But we have all also had a really unproductive day. A day where we can’t seem to get even a simple task completed. Most of us hope to have more productive days…
Five Things to Know About Stoicism
Many people have rediscovered the ancient philosophy of Stoicism in the modern age. Its principles make it perfectly designed to help people in the 21st century. But if you haven’t begun practicing Stoicism, it could simply be because you don’t know enough about the philosophy. After all, learning a new philosophy can be a hard,…
Do These Five Things to Have a Good Day
We all want to have good days. But many of us are completely clueless when it comes to knowing what actually encompasses a good day. What does a good day look like? What do you do? What don’t you do? For me, having a good day is simple. If I do the five things listed…
The Problem With People Today
I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s social media. Maybe it’s all the different twenty-four-hour news networks. Maybe people are just intellectually lazy and would rather watch Netflix than read a book or try to learn something (I suspect it’s probably this). Or maybe this generation just happens to be a generation full of…
Seven Successful Modern Day Stoics
Even though the Stoic philosophy was created in ancient times, the lessons that Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca preached are still very relevant to this day. “Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around,” Marcus Aurelius wrote in Meditations. For many people, Stoicism has been the philosophy that…
How To Be A Little Bit Happier
Most of us are trying to climb a mountain. At the top of this mountain, we expect to find something that makes us feel good, or worthwhile. Once we reach the top of this mountain, we hope that all of our problems will be solved. For some people, this mountain is a career goal, or…
My Ten Rules For Life
I’m going to be honest… this article was supposed to be published before 2022 started. It was supposed to be ‘Ten Rules To Follow In 2022.’ But, as I did a pretty bad job of following rule number ten on this list, I procrastinated, put it off, and instead it morphed into just ‘My Ten…