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Infinite tangents make a circle. I go along those tangents hoping to bound life between them.
I enjoy running, reading, cooking and writing about it all – in no particular order and certainly not at the same time! This is my corner on the internet for speculation, fiction, reality and everything in between.
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≻: The Iron Will Is Overrated
We celebrate grit. Follow-through, discipline, “never give up” — these are the traits we put on résumés and motivational posters. And they’re earned; finishing what…
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≻: Preparing on the Sunny Day
There’s a page in my Daily Stoic for today — September 10th, “Preparing on the Sunny Day.” Seneca’s idea is simple and a little uncomfortable:…
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≻: Reason Man
On Epictetus’s claim that reasoned choice answers to no one, Viktor Frankl in the camps, and the least impressive superpower in the canon.
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≻: They can bind your calendar. Not your choices.
Epictetus, a kettlebell, and the one hour of the day that nobody else has bid on yet.
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≻: The daily stoic – Starting on the Fifth of September
Day one of a daily Stoic practice, begun on page 267 — on why reading the dichotomy of control has never been the same as…
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≻: The 2 lost minutes
What We Optimize For, We BecomeWe measure what matters. Or at least, we think we do.I came across a gem of an observation from Kaushik…
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≻: The third place.
I had been looking for a ‘third place’ for some time. Social life had taken a backseat over the past few years, and life has…
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≻: गुनाहों का देवता — धर्मवीर भारती।
How to review that empty feeling it leaves you with!
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≻: रागदरबारी
श्रीलाल शुक्ल की इस कृति को पढ़ना एक अजीब अनुभव है — हँसते-हँसते रुक जाना, और फिर सोचते रहना कि हँसी क्यों अटक गई।रागदरबारी 1968…
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≻: Before the Coffee Gets Cold — A Reader’s Notes
A review, and a confession. I recall seeing Before the Coffee Gets Cold in a few book stores – always quietly vying for attention. Restrained.…
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≻: Reason Man
On Epictetus’s claim that reasoned choice answers to no one, Viktor Frankl in the camps, and the least impressive superpower in the canon.
