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Topics

  • Stoicism: Month 1 – Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
  • Stoicism: Day 2 – Contemplating the Impermanence of Everything
  • Stoicism: Day 3 – Travel and Escapism
  • Stoicism: Day 4 – On Becoming a Failure
  • Stoicism: Day 5 – Social Drinking
  • Stoicism: Day 8 – Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
  • Stoicism: Day 10 – I relapsed
  • Stoicism: Day 11 – The Stoic Career Guide
  • Stoicism: Day 15 – Is Stoicism Fun?
  • Stoicism: Day 17 – On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
  • Stoicism: Day 18 – Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
  • Stoicism: Day 20 – Writing as Forced Reflection
  • Stoicism: Day 21 and Week 3 Recap – Stoic Relationship Advice
  • Stoicism: Day 23 – Stoicism and Godliness
  • Stoicism: Day 24 – Being Cynical About Your Job is Your Own Fault
  • Stoicism: Day 25 – Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
  • Stoicism: Day 26 – Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
  • Stoicism: Day 27 – Watch Movies to Jumpstart Negative Visualization
  • Stoicism: Day 28 and Week 4 Recap – Don’t be a Victim
  • Stoicism: Day 29 – The Value of Repetition
  • Catholicism: Intro to Month 2 – Catholicism for Love and Clarity
  • Catholicism: Day 1 – My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
  • Catholicism: Day 2 – Faith, Stoicism, and Confirmation Bias
  • Catholicism: Day 9 – Jesuit Decision Making
  • Catholicism: Day 10 – Everything is Amazing
  • Catholicism: Day 13 – The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
  • Catholicism: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap – God as an Olympic Coach
  • Catholicism: Day 16 – Jesuit Career Advice
  • Catholicism: Day 17 – Accepting Love
  • Catholicism: Day 18 – Lent, the Ultimate Self-Help Program?
  • Catholicism: Day 19 – Sighs too Deep for Words
  • Catholicism: Day 20 – Calling on God to do great work
  • Catholicism: Day 22 – Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
  • Catholicism: Day 23 – Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
  • Catholicism: Day 24 – Letting go of worldly ambitions
  • Catholicism: Day 25 – Love, Pain, and Indifference
  • Catholicism: Day 27 – The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
  • Catholicism: Day 30 and Month 2 Wrap-Up
  • Judaism: Day 4 – Should you factor culture into your decision-making?
  • Judaism: Day 5 and 6 – Resting is Hard Work
  • Judaism: Day 9 – Anger Management
  • Judaism: Day 10 – The Four Types of Students
  • Judaism: Day 12 and 13 – Shabbat vs. HR Work-Life Balance Policies (plus brisket photos)
  • Intro to Month 4 – Islam for Humility
  • Islam: Day 1 – The inconvenience of prayer
  • Islam: Day 3 – The Three-Fold Journey
  • Islam: Day 4 – You should believe in heaven and hell
  • Detachment is really, really hard (or I got in trouble with HR)
  • What I learned about pleasure and happiness from Epicurean philosophy
  • Taoism – Learning the Art of Non-Action
  • I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
  • The Taoist Manager
  • Disgrace and Misfortune are Normal
  • Bring Café Culture to Work
  • The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
  • Doing Nothing: The Taoist and Scientific Way of Generating Creativity
  • Don’t be productive: Lessons from my Taoist experiment
  • What You’re Meant To Do: Career Advice from Ancient Wisdom
  • Some (Islamic) advice on keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
  • The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
  • You are defined by your enemies

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