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Condemned to repeat
Even if you don’t read the news (I’m on a very, very light diet of News Items), it’s impossible not to know that things are pretty ugly out there. This article by Tim Kreider, one of my favorite authors (We Learn Nothing) has written a lot on the general state of the USA and the…
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Two thoughts on happiness
Here are two thoughts on achieving “happiness” that I came across this week: 1. happiness is a side-effect of engaging with life (an engagement which inevitably includes unhappiness), and 2. the common thread between “happy people” seems to be meaningful relationships (which can’t be avoided if you are truly engaging with life). So simple yet…
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“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
I have a few days off and I’m not working on our house renovation and not working on anything for that matter. I’m spending time with a close friend, celebrating my daughter’s birthday, probably going to go on a hike. I don’t need to take all this time off technically, but realistically I do.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
