Archive
Buddhism
- Introduction to Month 5: Curing Monkey Mind with Buddhism
- Is distraction the natural state of mind? (Do we all have ADD?)
- Your Cravings are Making You Miserable
- Is Running the Ultimate Meditation Exercise?
- Lessons Learned from Meditating for One Week
- The Palace of Ignorance
- To avoid groupthink, become religious
- Do religions have personalities?
- Week 2 Recap: Meditation is Still Really Hard
- Are we too obsessed with progress?
- What going home can teach you about mindfulness
- Does travel increase mindfulness?
- Week 3 Recap: Is mindfulness more painful than electro shocks?
- Should you believe in re-incarnation?
- What you should want in life
- What does it mean to have faith?
- Why you should think about death
- Buddhism: Day 30 and Month 5 Wrap-Up
- Acceptance, Not Escape: How to Stop Disappointing Yourself
- When you are envious of your friend’s success
- A letter to someone on the internet who is getting old and feels lost
- Mindfulness is not (only) about stress relief
- The art of wanting
Catholicism
- 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 3 – The Shepherd and the Sheeple
- Catholicism: Day 4 – Someone Farted at Mass
- Catholicism: Day 5 – Coincidence or Signs from God?
- Catholicism: Day 6 – You’re a mixed bag (and that’s ok)
- Catholicism: Day 7 and Week 1 – Catholicism Week 1 Recap
- Catholicism: Day 8 – Should you thank God for the weather?
- Catholicism: Day 9 – Jesuit Decision Making
- Catholicism: Day 10 – Everything is Amazing
- Catholicism: Day 11 – God wants you be to be (a little) unhappy
- Catholicism: Day 12 – Which is more comforting: God or protein shakes?
- Catholicism: Day 13 – The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
- Catholicism: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap – God as an Olympic Coach
- Catholicism: Day 15 – God as Santa Claus?
- 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 21 and Week 3 Recap – The Path of Exploration
- 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 26 – The Correct Pursuits (1 of 2)
- Catholicism: Day 27 – The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- Catholicism: Day 28 and Week 4 Recap
- Catholicism: Day 29 – Stoic vs. Christian Detachment
- Catholicism: Day 30 and Month 2 Wrap-Up
- The Freedom of Constraint
- Reader Case Study: How a Skeptic Learned to Benefit From Organized Religion
- My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- Marriage according to ancient wisdom (I got engaged)
- Are we all Frank Underwood?
- Modernity: An Age of Disordered Love
- What is New is Old: Nuns and Nones
- When you are envious of your friend’s success
- A letter to someone on the internet who is getting old and feels lost
- Pay attention
- Your imperfections are an asset
- The Genesee Diary: The Priest Who Needed to “Get Away”
- A meaningful life requires flexibility and continuity
Epicureanism
- Intro to Month 7 – Learning the Art of Pleasure via Epicureanism
- How to make friends
- Is flexibility the key to long-term pleasure (and losing 5 pounds)?
- Become happier through subtraction
- Is sex pleasurable?
- Drunken vs. Mindful Hedonism
- Is religion pleasurable?
- Pleasure and Faith
- Are we bad at vacations? The need for deliberate leisure
- Mr. Money Mustache – The Modern Epicurean
- Anna’s Taqueria: My Favorite Burrito Place (my thoughts on food and pleasure)
- Wanting More From Life
- Happiness versus Meaning
- What I learned about pleasure and happiness from Epicurean philosophy
- My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- Unnatural and unnecessary desires
Hinduism
- Intro to Month 6: Hinduism – Understanding the Self through…Yoga?
- I worshipped an elephant today
- Should we view time cyclically?
- To get more satisfaction out of your job, work late? Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita
- Day 7 and Week 1 Recap – You can’t go home (to Portland) again
- Hot Yoga – The Key to Understanding the Self?
- Is employee detachment an alternative to employee engagement?
- Don’t be a sheep
- Incense: An ancient anti-depressant?
- Detachment is really, really hard (or I got in trouble with HR)
- Is Meritocracy the New Caste System?
- Hinduism: Week 3 Recap
- Take this Hindu Personality Test in 3 Difficult Steps
- Cure Impostor Syndrome with Hindu Philosophy
- Practice Shopcraft to Understand the Self
- Hinduism Wrap-Up – Three Things Hinduism Can Teach You About Your Self
- The Freedom of Constraint
- You are defined by your enemies
- My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- Marriage according to ancient wisdom (I got engaged)
- Post-Election Advice: Love your enemy as your enemy
- Appreciate those who annoy you
- When you are envious of your friend’s success
- A letter to someone on the internet who is getting old and feels lost
- Make your suffering an offering
- You don’t need to move to a cabin to be spiritually fulfilled
Islam
- Intro to Month 4 – Islam for Humility
- Islam: Day 1 – The inconvenience of prayer
- Islam: Day 2 – I’ll turn in my homework…God Willing
- Islam: Day 3 – The Three-Fold Journey
- Islam: Day 4 – You should believe in heaven and hell
- Islam: Day 5 – The Case Against DIY Religion
- Islam: Day 6 – Islamic Stoics?
- Islam: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap
- Islam: Day 8 – Conference Room Prayer
- Islam: Day 9 – Beyond the Confidence Gap
- Islam: Day 10 – Detachment, Islam Style
- Islam: Day 11 – Friday Prayer (Round 2)
- Islam: Day 12 – Does humility signal strength?
- Islam: Day 13 – Morning prayer boosts creativity?
- Islam: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap
- Islam: Day 15 – Should we all wage Jihad?
- Islam: Day 16 – Is Sufi Mysticism the Solution to Worldly Excess?
- Islam: Day 17 – Is your life coherent?
- Islam: Day 18 and 19 – Campground Mysticism
- Islam: Day 20 – Were you really born for this?
- Islam: Day 21 and Week 3 Recap – The real reason why we’re unhappy
- Islam: Day 22 – On criticism and gossip
- Islam: Day 23 – Slut Shaming: Moral Criticism Gone Awry
- Islam: Day 24 – Dog Walk Mysticism
- Islam: Day 25 – It’s risky to not be religious
- Islam: Day 26 – Should we practice arranged marriages?
- Islam: Day 27 – My workplace ethical dilemma
- Islam: Day 28 and Week 4 Recap – Cynical Asshole Syndrome
- Islam: Day 29 – The Company Staff Meeting Revisited
- Islam: Day 30 and Month 4 Wrap-Up – What I Learned from Praying 5 Times a Day
- Some (Islamic) advice on keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
Judaism
- Intro to Month 3 – Judaism for Community
- Judaism: Day 1 – My First Minyan and the Value of Language
- Judaism: Day 2 – Daf Yomi , or Ancient Jewish Blog Comments
- Judaism: Day 3 – The Unexpected Benefit of Standing Out
- Judaism: Day 4 – Should you factor culture into your decision-making?
- Judaism: Day 5 and 6 – Resting is Hard Work
- Judaism: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap – Judaism: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap
- Judaism: Day 8 – Good things come to those who participate
- Judaism: Day 9 – Anger Management
- Judaism: Day 10 – The Four Types of Students
- Judaism: Day 11 – My Shabbat Dinner Speech
- Judaism: Day 12 and 13 – Shabbat vs. HR Work-Life Balance Policies (plus brisket photos)
- Judaism: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap
- Judaism: Day 15 – Community Obligations
- Judaism: Day 16 – Jewish YOLO
- Judaism: Day 17 – Coffee with the Minyan
- Judaism: Day 18 – The Individual vs. the Community
- Judaism: Day 19 and 20 – Orthodox Shabbat (or why you need to work at religion)
- Judaism: Day 21 and Week 3 Recap
- Judaism: Day 22 – Passover Seder, Part 1
- Judaism: Day 23 – Passover, Part 2
- Judaism: Day 24 – You should embrace rules
- Judaism: Day 25 – My Double-date
- Judaism: Days 26-28 and Week 4 Recap
- Judaism: Day 29 – Being spiritual is about doing
- Judaism: Day 30 – Love and friendship
- Judaism: Day 31 and Month 3 Wrap-up
- The Freedom of Constraint
- Wonder
- Finding community at … McDonalds?
- Marriage according to ancient wisdom (I got engaged)
- The Ancient Wisdom of Thick Institutions
- My Jewish Wedding Program
- Getting Married While the World Burns
- Parenting as noble work
- A letter to someone on the internet who is getting old and feels lost
- Don’t half ass your day off
Stoicism
- Stoicism: Month 1 – Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
- Stoicism: Day 1 – My First Ice Bath
- 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 6 – I want to work for Goldman Sachs
- Stoicism: Day 7 – People Who Play Their Music Too Loudly
- Stoicism: Day 8 – Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
- Stoicism: Day 9 – What the Stoics think about your liberal arts degree
- Stoicism: Day 10 – I relapsed
- Stoicism: Day 11 – The Stoic Career Guide
- Stoicism: Day 12 – The Stoics Would Not Instagram their Meals
- Stoicism: Day 13 – Stoicism is Lonely
- Stoicism: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap – Modern Tragedies
- Stoicism: Day 15 – Is Stoicism Fun?
- Stoicism: Day 16 – Were the Stoics Masters of Willpower?
- Stoicism: Day 17 – On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- Stoicism: Day 18 – Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- Stoicism: Day 19 – Hosting a Houseguest is the Ultimate Stoic Exercise
- Stoicism: Day 20 – Writing as Forced Reflection
- Stoicism: Day 21 and Week 3 Recap – Stoic Relationship Advice
- Stoicism: Day 22 – Don’t be a meathead
- 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
- Stoicism: Day 30 – Stoicism Month 1 Wrap-Up
- Case Study: How Stoic ice baths helped a student reduce anxiety and procrastination
- Are we kind enough to save an empire?
- When you are envious of your friend’s success
- Can you be a Stoic manager?
Taoism
- Taoism – Learning the Art of Non-Action
- Naps and Long Walks
- Fast-forwarding through Tai Chi
- I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
- Don’t be smart
- Taoism Week 1 Recap
- The Taoist Manager
- Disgrace and Misfortune are Normal
- Re-Learning to Walk
- Everything that has happened to you has led you to now
- Dealing with Disappointment using Wu-Wei
- Bring Café Culture to Work
- The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
- Three Applications of Non-Action
- Doing Nothing: The Taoist and Scientific Way of Generating Creativity
- Welcoming Variability
- Don’t be productive: Lessons from my Taoist experiment
- My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- Is life going great or terribly?
- You already won
- Good luck or bad luck? You don’t know
Select a Tradition
30 Day Experiment
- February 11, 2014: Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
- February 12, 2014: My First Ice Bath
- February 13, 2014: Contemplating the Impermanence of Everything
- February 14, 2014: Travel and Escapism
- February 15, 2014: On Becoming a Failure
- February 16, 2014: Social Drinking
- February 17, 2014: I want to work for Goldman Sachs
- February 18, 2014: People Who Play Their Music Too Loudly
- February 19, 2014: Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
- February 20, 2014: What the Stoics think about your liberal arts degree
- February 21, 2014: I relapsed
- February 22, 2014: The Stoic Career Guide
- February 23, 2014: The Stoics Would Not Instagram their Meals
- February 24, 2014: Stoicism is Lonely
- February 25, 2014: Modern Tragedies
- February 26, 2014: Is Stoicism Fun?
- February 27, 2014: Were the Stoics Masters of Willpower?
- February 28, 2014: On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- March 1, 2014: Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- March 2, 2014: Hosting a Houseguest is the Ultimate Stoic Exercise
- March 3, 2014: Writing as Forced Reflection
- March 4, 2014: Stoic Relationship Advice
- March 5, 2014: Don’t be a meathead
- March 6, 2014: Stoicism and Godliness
- March 7, 2014: Being Cynical About Your Job is Your Own Fault
- March 8, 2014: Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
- March 10, 2014: Watch Movies to Jumpstart Negative Visualization
- March 11, 2014: Don’t be a Victim
- March 12, 2014: The Value of Repetition
- March 13, 2014: Stoicism Month 1 Wrap-Up
- March 23, 2014: Catholicism for Love and Clarity
- March 24, 2014: My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
- March 25, 2014: Faith, Stoicism, and Confirmation Bias
- March 26, 2014: The Shepherd and the Sheeple
- March 27, 2014: Someone Farted at Mass
- March 28, 2014: Coincidence or Signs from God?
- March 29, 2014: You’re a mixed bag (and that’s ok)
- March 30, 2014: Catholicism Week 1 Recap
- March 31, 2014: Should you thank God for the weather?
- April 1, 2014: Jesuit Decision Making
- April 2, 2014: Everything is Amazing
- April 3, 2014: God wants you be to be (a little) unhappy
- April 4, 2014: Which is more comforting: God or protein shakes?
- April 5, 2014: The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
- April 6, 2014: God as an Olympic Coach
- April 7, 2014: God as Santa Claus?
- April 8, 2014: Jesuit Career Advice
- April 9, 2014: Accepting Love
- April 10, 2014: Lent, the Ultimate Self-Help Program?
- April 11, 2014: Sighs too Deep for Words
- April 12, 2014: Calling on God to do great work
- April 13, 2014: The Path of Exploration
- April 14, 2014: Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- April 16, 2014: Letting go of worldly ambitions
- April 18, 2014: Love, Pain, and Indifference
- April 20, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (1 of 2)
- April 21, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- April 22, 2014: Catholicism: Day 28 and Week 4 Recap
- April 23, 2014: Stoic vs. Christian Detachment
- April 24, 2014: Up
- May 6, 2014: Judaism for Community
- May 7, 2014: My First Minyan and the Value of Language
- May 8, 2014: Daf Yomi , or Ancient Jewish Blog Comments
- May 10, 2014: The Unexpected Benefit of Standing Out
- May 11, 2014: Should you factor culture into your decision-making?
- May 12, 2014: Resting is Hard Work
- May 13, 2014: Judaism: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap
- May 14, 2014: Good things come to those who participate
- May 15, 2014: Anger Management
- May 16, 2014: The Four Types of Students
- May 18, 2014: My Shabbat Dinner Speech
- May 19, 2014: Shabbat vs. HR Work-Life Balance Policies (plus brisket photos)
- May 20, 2014: Judaism: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap
- May 21, 2014: Community Obligations
- May 22, 2014: Jewish YOLO
- May 23, 2014: Coffee with the Minyan
- May 26, 2014: The Individual vs. the Community
- May 27, 2014: Orthodox Shabbat (or why you need to work at religion)
- May 29, 2014: Judaism: Day 21 and Week 3 Recap
- May 30, 2014: Passover Seder, Part 1
- May 31, 2014: Passover, Part 2
- June 1, 2014: You should embrace rules
- June 2, 2014: My Double-date
- June 3, 2014: 28 and Week 4 Recap
- June 5, 2014: Judaism: Day 29 – Being spiritual is about doing
- June 6, 2014: Love and friendship
- June 7, 2014: up
- June 16, 2014: Islam for Humility
- June 17, 2014: The inconvenience of prayer
- June 20, 2014: I’ll turn in my homework…God Willing
- June 22, 2014: The Three-Fold Journey
- June 23, 2014: You should believe in heaven and hell
- June 24, 2014: The Case Against DIY Religion
- June 28, 2014: Islamic Stoics?
- June 29, 2014: Islam: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap
- July 1, 2014: Conference Room Prayer
- July 2, 2014: Beyond the Confidence Gap
- July 6, 2014: Detachment, Islam Style
- July 7, 2014: Friday Prayer (Round 2)
- July 9, 2014: Does humility signal strength?
- July 12, 2014: Morning prayer boosts creativity?
- July 15, 2014: Islam: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap
- July 16, 2014: Should we all wage Jihad?
- July 17, 2014: Is Sufi Mysticism the Solution to Worldly Excess?
- July 21, 2014: Is your life coherent?
- July 22, 2014: Welcome Study Hacks Readers!
- July 24, 2014: Campground Mysticism
- July 25, 2014: Were you really born for this?
- July 28, 2014: The real reason why we’re unhappy
- July 29, 2014: On criticism and gossip
- July 30, 2014: Slut Shaming: Moral Criticism Gone Awry
- August 2, 2014: Dog Walk Mysticism
- August 4, 2014: It’s risky to not be religious
- August 5, 2014: Should we practice arranged marriages?
- August 8, 2014: My workplace ethical dilemma
- August 9, 2014: Cynical Asshole Syndrome
- August 17, 2014: The Company Staff Meeting Revisited
- August 22, 2014: Up – What I Learned from Praying 5 Times a Day
- September 3, 2014: Introduction to Month 5: Curing Monkey Mind with Buddhism
- September 5, 2014: Is distraction the natural state of mind? (Do we all have ADD?)
- September 10, 2014: Your Cravings are Making You Miserable
- September 13, 2014: Is Running the Ultimate Meditation Exercise?
- September 17, 2014: Lessons Learned from Meditating for One Week
- September 20, 2014: The Palace of Ignorance
- September 24, 2014: To avoid groupthink, become religious
- September 27, 2014: Do religions have personalities?
- October 1, 2014: Week 2 Recap: Meditation is Still Really Hard
- October 4, 2014: Are we too obsessed with progress?
- October 8, 2014: What going home can teach you about mindfulness
- October 11, 2014: Does travel increase mindfulness?
- October 15, 2014: Week 3 Recap: Is mindfulness more painful than electro shocks?
- October 18, 2014: incarnation?
- October 22, 2014: What you should want in life
- October 25, 2014: What does it mean to have faith?
- October 29, 2014: Why you should think about death
- November 8, 2014: Up
- November 19, 2014: On a short hiatus and looking for ideas
- November 26, 2014: Six Ancient Ideas To Be Thankful For
- December 12, 2014: Could you be happy as a slave?
- December 20, 2014: Understanding the Self through…Yoga?
- December 23, 2014: I worshipped an elephant today
- December 27, 2014: Should we view time cyclically?
- January 1, 2015: To get more satisfaction out of your job, work late? Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita
- January 7, 2015: You can’t go home (to Portland) again
- January 10, 2015: The Key to Understanding the Self?
- January 14, 2015: Is employee detachment an alternative to employee engagement?
- January 17, 2015: Don’t be a sheep
- January 21, 2015: depressant?
- January 24, 2015: Detachment is really, really hard (or I got in trouble with HR)
- January 28, 2015: Is Meritocracy the New Caste System?
- January 31, 2015: Hinduism: Week 3 Recap
- February 4, 2015: Take this Hindu Personality Test in 3 Difficult Steps
- February 10, 2015: Cure Impostor Syndrome with Hindu Philosophy
- February 14, 2015: Practice Shopcraft to Understand the Self
- February 28, 2015: Three Things Hinduism Can Teach You About Your Self
- March 20, 2015: Learning the Art of Pleasure via Epicureanism
- March 25, 2015: How to make friends
- March 28, 2015: term pleasure (and losing 5 pounds)?
- April 1, 2015: Become happier through subtraction
- April 7, 2015: Is sex pleasurable?
- April 12, 2015: Drunken vs. Mindful Hedonism
- April 18, 2015: Is religion pleasurable?
- April 22, 2015: Pleasure and Faith
- May 1, 2015: Are we bad at vacations? The need for deliberate leisure
- May 5, 2015: The Modern Epicurean
- May 12, 2015: Anna’s Taqueria: My Favorite Burrito Place (my thoughts on food and pleasure)
- May 20, 2015: Wanting More From Life
- May 27, 2015: Happiness versus Meaning
- June 3, 2015: What I learned about pleasure and happiness from Epicurean philosophy
- June 6, 2015: My advice to graduates and a question for you
- June 16, 2015: Action
- June 20, 2015: Naps and Long Walks
- June 24, 2015: forwarding through Tai Chi
- July 1, 2015: I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
- July 7, 2015: Don’t be smart
- July 15, 2015: Taoism Week 1 Recap
- July 22, 2015: The Taoist Manager
- July 29, 2015: Disgrace and Misfortune are Normal
- August 5, 2015: Learning to Walk
- August 12, 2015: Everything that has happened to you has led you to now
- August 18, 2015: Wei
- August 27, 2015: Bring Café Culture to Work
- September 5, 2015: The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
- September 9, 2015: Action
- September 18, 2015: Doing Nothing: The Taoist and Scientific Way of Generating Creativity
- September 29, 2015: Welcoming Variability
- October 7, 2015: Don’t be productive: Lessons from my Taoist experiment
- October 22, 2015: My Stoicism Article in the New York Observer
- November 7, 2015: Fighting the Good Fight
- December 6, 2015: What You’re Meant To Do: Career Advice from Ancient Wisdom
- January 13, 2016: Some (Islamic) advice on keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
Ancient Wisdom Papers
- March 18, 2018: Ancient Wisdom Paper 2: Why Ancient Wisdom Trumps the Personal Development Genre
- May 5, 2022: Modern Trades: Freedom for Clarity
Belief
- February 11, 2014: Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
Case Studies
Clarity
- March 23, 2014: Catholicism for Love and Clarity
Creativity
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
- September 18, 2015: Doing Nothing: The Taoist and Scientific Way of Generating Creativity
Detachment
- January 24, 2015: Detachment is really, really hard (or I got in trouble with HR)
Drinking
- February 16, 2014: Social Drinking
Entrepreneurship
- February 15, 2014: On Becoming a Failure
- July 1, 2015: I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
Existential Crisis and Meaning
- February 21, 2014: I relapsed
- March 8, 2014: Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
- April 11, 2014: Sighs too Deep for Words
- April 23, 2016: You are defined by your enemies
Failure
- February 15, 2014: On Becoming a Failure
- July 29, 2015: Disgrace and Misfortune are Normal
Faith
- March 25, 2014: Faith, Stoicism, and Confirmation Bias
Freedom
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
Goals
- February 19, 2014: Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
God
- March 6, 2014: Stoicism and Godliness
- March 24, 2014: My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
- April 6, 2014: God as an Olympic Coach
Gratitude
- April 2, 2014: Everything is Amazing
Habits and Willpower
- February 19, 2014: Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
- March 12, 2014: The Value of Repetition
- April 10, 2014: Lent, the Ultimate Self-Help Program?
- September 5, 2015: The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
- January 13, 2016: Some (Islamic) advice on keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
Happiness
- June 23, 2014: You should believe in heaven and hell
- June 3, 2015: What I learned about pleasure and happiness from Epicurean philosophy
Humility
- April 5, 2014: The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
- April 12, 2014: Calling on God to do great work
Impermanence
- February 13, 2014: Contemplating the Impermanence of Everything
- March 8, 2014: Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
Leadership
- July 22, 2015: The Taoist Manager
Lifestyle Design
- February 14, 2014: Travel and Escapism
Love
- March 23, 2014: Catholicism for Love and Clarity
- April 9, 2014: Accepting Love
- April 18, 2014: Love, Pain, and Indifference
Making Decisions
- April 1, 2014: Jesuit Decision Making
- May 11, 2014: Should you factor culture into your decision-making?
Misfortune, Tragedy, Victims
- March 11, 2014: Don’t be a Victim
Mood
- February 21, 2014: I relapsed
- April 18, 2014: Love, Pain, and Indifference
- May 15, 2014: Anger Management
Motivation
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
Oregon
- March 9, 2022: Where do we want to put down roots?
- June 22, 2022: The art of wanting
Peace and Tranquility
- March 10, 2014: Watch Movies to Jumpstart Negative Visualization
- May 12, 2014: Resting is Hard Work
Power
- March 24, 2014: My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
Prayer
- April 11, 2014: Sighs too Deep for Words
- April 24, 2014: Up
- June 16, 2014: Islam for Humility
- June 17, 2014: The inconvenience of prayer
- June 22, 2014: The Three-Fold Journey
Presence
- February 11, 2014: Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
Priorities
- April 14, 2014: Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
Reflection
- March 3, 2014: Writing as Forced Reflection
Relationships
- February 28, 2014: On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- March 4, 2014: Stoic Relationship Advice
Resistance
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
Spiritual Connection
- March 24, 2014: My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
Success
- February 26, 2014: Is Stoicism Fun?
- March 1, 2014: Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- May 16, 2014: The Four Types of Students
The Ancient Wisdom Papers
Topics
- February 11, 2014: Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
- February 13, 2014: Contemplating the Impermanence of Everything
- February 14, 2014: Travel and Escapism
- February 15, 2014: On Becoming a Failure
- February 16, 2014: Social Drinking
- February 19, 2014: Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
- February 21, 2014: I relapsed
- February 22, 2014: The Stoic Career Guide
- February 26, 2014: Is Stoicism Fun?
- February 28, 2014: On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- March 1, 2014: Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- March 3, 2014: Writing as Forced Reflection
- March 4, 2014: Stoic Relationship Advice
- March 6, 2014: Stoicism and Godliness
- March 7, 2014: Being Cynical About Your Job is Your Own Fault
- March 8, 2014: Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
- March 10, 2014: Watch Movies to Jumpstart Negative Visualization
- March 11, 2014: Don’t be a Victim
- March 12, 2014: The Value of Repetition
- March 23, 2014: Catholicism for Love and Clarity
- March 24, 2014: My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
- March 25, 2014: Faith, Stoicism, and Confirmation Bias
- April 1, 2014: Jesuit Decision Making
- April 2, 2014: Everything is Amazing
- April 5, 2014: The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
- April 6, 2014: God as an Olympic Coach
- April 8, 2014: Jesuit Career Advice
- April 9, 2014: Accepting Love
- April 10, 2014: Lent, the Ultimate Self-Help Program?
- April 11, 2014: Sighs too Deep for Words
- April 12, 2014: Calling on God to do great work
- April 14, 2014: Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- April 16, 2014: Letting go of worldly ambitions
- April 18, 2014: Love, Pain, and Indifference
- April 21, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- April 24, 2014: Up
- May 11, 2014: Should you factor culture into your decision-making?
- May 12, 2014: Resting is Hard Work
- May 15, 2014: Anger Management
- May 16, 2014: The Four Types of Students
- May 19, 2014: Shabbat vs. HR Work-Life Balance Policies (plus brisket photos)
- June 16, 2014: Islam for Humility
- June 17, 2014: The inconvenience of prayer
- June 22, 2014: The Three-Fold Journey
- June 23, 2014: You should believe in heaven and hell
- January 24, 2015: Detachment is really, really hard (or I got in trouble with HR)
- June 3, 2015: What I learned about pleasure and happiness from Epicurean philosophy
- June 16, 2015: Action
- July 1, 2015: I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
- July 22, 2015: The Taoist Manager
- July 29, 2015: Disgrace and Misfortune are Normal
- August 27, 2015: Bring Café Culture to Work
- September 5, 2015: The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
- September 18, 2015: Doing Nothing: The Taoist and Scientific Way of Generating Creativity
- October 7, 2015: Don’t be productive: Lessons from my Taoist experiment
- December 6, 2015: What You’re Meant To Do: Career Advice from Ancient Wisdom
- January 13, 2016: Some (Islamic) advice on keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
- March 9, 2016: The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
- April 23, 2016: You are defined by your enemies
Travel
- February 14, 2014: Travel and Escapism
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
Universal Wisdom
- February 7, 2016: The Freedom of Constraint
- March 9, 2016: The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
- April 23, 2016: You are defined by your enemies
- June 1, 2016: Wonder
- July 18, 2016: Finding community at … McDonalds?
- August 11, 2016: My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- November 9, 2016: Election Advice: Love your enemy as your enemy
- March 5, 2017: Is life going great or terribly?
- April 20, 2017: The Ancient Wisdom of Thick Institutions
Visualization
- February 13, 2014: Contemplating the Impermanence of Everything
- March 10, 2014: Watch Movies to Jumpstart Negative Visualization
Wealth
- February 15, 2014: On Becoming a Failure
- March 1, 2014: Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- April 5, 2014: The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- April 16, 2014: Letting go of worldly ambitions
- June 23, 2014: You should believe in heaven and hell
- March 9, 2016: The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
Work
- February 22, 2014: The Stoic Career Guide
- March 7, 2014: Being Cynical About Your Job is Your Own Fault
- April 8, 2014: Jesuit Career Advice
- April 12, 2014: Calling on God to do great work
- April 21, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- May 16, 2014: The Four Types of Students
- May 19, 2014: Shabbat vs. HR Work-Life Balance Policies (plus brisket photos)
- June 16, 2015: Action
- July 1, 2015: I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
- August 27, 2015: Bring Café Culture to Work
- September 5, 2015: The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
- October 7, 2015: Don’t be productive: Lessons from my Taoist experiment
- December 6, 2015: What You’re Meant To Do: Career Advice from Ancient Wisdom
- March 9, 2016: The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
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Build meaningful relationships and communities
- February 28, 2014: On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- May 6, 2014: Judaism for Community
Craft identity and meaning
- February 17, 2014: I want to work for Goldman Sachs
- March 6, 2014: Stoicism and Godliness
- March 8, 2014: Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
- April 7, 2014: God as Santa Claus?
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- April 16, 2014: Letting go of worldly ambitions
- June 20, 2014: I’ll turn in my homework…God Willing
- February 4, 2022: Appreciate those who annoy you
- March 9, 2022: Where do we want to put down roots?
Create a satisfying work life
- March 1, 2014: Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- April 21, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- June 20, 2014: I’ll turn in my homework…God Willing
Cultivate virtue
- February 27, 2014: Were the Stoics Masters of Willpower?
- April 14, 2014: Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
Deal with annoyances and disappointments
- February 18, 2014: People Who Play Their Music Too Loudly
- February 26, 2014: Is Stoicism Fun?
- March 2, 2014: Hosting a Houseguest is the Ultimate Stoic Exercise
- March 13, 2014: Stoicism Month 1 Wrap-Up
- May 15, 2014: Anger Management
- August 18, 2015: Wei
Enjoy sacred rest and pleasure
- May 12, 2014: Resting is Hard Work
- March 20, 2015: Learning the Art of Pleasure via Epicureanism
Realizing the larger truth of who you are
- February 14, 2015: Practice Shopcraft to Understand the Self
- February 28, 2015: Three Things Hinduism Can Teach You About Your Self
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All AWP
- December 15, 2022: When to quit
- November 8, 2022: Solve ‘wild problems’ with ancient wisdom
- October 6, 2022: Ditch the schedule
- September 30, 2022: A meaningful life requires flexibility and continuity
- September 21, 2022: Ancient parenting techniques
- September 1, 2022: Being your “best self”
- August 27, 2022: Can you use ancient wisdom as a dad? (Podcast interview)
- August 18, 2022: The Genesee Diary: The Priest Who Needed to “Get Away”
- August 11, 2022: Actions as commitments
- August 5, 2022: You will never perfect yourself
- July 27, 2022: Good luck or bad luck? You don’t know
- July 21, 2022: Knowledge by doing
- July 14, 2022: Can you be a Stoic manager?
- July 7, 2022: What life wants from you
- June 29, 2022: You don’t need to move to a cabin to be spiritually fulfilled
- June 22, 2022: The art of wanting
- June 16, 2022: Pursue a life, not a lifestyle
- June 8, 2022: Some perspectives on work
- June 2, 2022: Distraction is today’s default status
- May 24, 2022: Children sleeping alone: a modern mistake?
- May 19, 2022: Mindfulness is not (only) about stress relief
- May 12, 2022: Your imperfections are an asset
- May 5, 2022: Modern Trades: Freedom for Clarity
- April 27, 2022: Strong ambitions, lightly held
- April 20, 2022: Make your suffering an offering
- April 14, 2022: You already won
- April 6, 2022: Souls are like athletes
- March 30, 2022: Don’t half ass your day off
- March 24, 2022: Pay attention
- March 16, 2022: Don’t reinvent the rich life
- March 14, 2022: Unnatural and unnecessary desires
- March 9, 2022: Where do we want to put down roots?
- March 3, 2022: A letter to someone on the internet who is getting old and feels lost
- February 24, 2022: Parenting as noble work
- February 18, 2022: When you are envious of your friend’s success
- February 11, 2022: Are we kind enough to save an empire?
- February 4, 2022: Appreciate those who annoy you
- September 22, 2021: Is everyone more successful than me?
- March 13, 2020: Critical Questions
- March 3, 2020: AWP Podcast Episode 3: Chuck Marohn on Building Strong Towns and Rich Lives
- January 21, 2020: AWP Podcast Episode 2: Why Cal Newport Thinks Your Phone is Destroying Your Inner World
- November 15, 2019: AWP Podcast Episode 1: Ultralearning and Meaning with Scott Young
- July 8, 2019: Acceptance, Not Escape: How to Stop Disappointing Yourself
- June 11, 2019: What is New is Old: Nuns and Nones
- May 11, 2019: The Soul Abhors a Vacuum: Why Deliberate Wisdom is the Cure for Hidden Religions
- March 18, 2018: Ancient Wisdom Paper 2: Why Ancient Wisdom Trumps the Personal Development Genre
- February 11, 2018: Ancient Wisdom Paper 1: The Fundamental Flaws of the Personal Development Genre
- October 9, 2017: Getting Married While the World Burns
- September 12, 2017: My Jewish Wedding Program
- July 19, 2017: Modernity: An Age of Disordered Love
- June 14, 2017: Are we all Frank Underwood?
- April 20, 2017: The Ancient Wisdom of Thick Institutions
- March 5, 2017: Is life going great or terribly?
- January 8, 2017: Trip Report: Ancient Wisdom Lessons from India
- November 9, 2016: Election Advice: Love your enemy as your enemy
- October 10, 2016: Marriage according to ancient wisdom (I got engaged)
- August 11, 2016: My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- July 18, 2016: Finding community at … McDonalds?
- July 9, 2016: Case Study: How Stoic ice baths helped a student reduce anxiety and procrastination
- June 1, 2016: Wonder
- May 9, 2016: Reader Case Study: How a Skeptic Learned to Benefit From Organized Religion
- April 23, 2016: You are defined by your enemies
- March 9, 2016: The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
- February 7, 2016: The Freedom of Constraint
- January 13, 2016: Some (Islamic) advice on keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
- December 6, 2015: What You’re Meant To Do: Career Advice from Ancient Wisdom
- November 7, 2015: Fighting the Good Fight
- October 22, 2015: My Stoicism Article in the New York Observer
- October 7, 2015: Don’t be productive: Lessons from my Taoist experiment
- September 29, 2015: Welcoming Variability
- September 18, 2015: Doing Nothing: The Taoist and Scientific Way of Generating Creativity
- September 9, 2015: Action
- September 5, 2015: The Uncarved Wood Theory of Productivity
- August 27, 2015: Bring Café Culture to Work
- August 18, 2015: Wei
- August 12, 2015: Everything that has happened to you has led you to now
- August 5, 2015: Learning to Walk
- July 29, 2015: Disgrace and Misfortune are Normal
- July 22, 2015: The Taoist Manager
- July 15, 2015: Taoism Week 1 Recap
- July 7, 2015: Don’t be smart
- July 1, 2015: I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business, Taoist Style
- June 24, 2015: forwarding through Tai Chi
- June 20, 2015: Naps and Long Walks
- June 16, 2015: Action
- June 6, 2015: My advice to graduates and a question for you
- June 3, 2015: What I learned about pleasure and happiness from Epicurean philosophy
- May 27, 2015: Happiness versus Meaning
- May 20, 2015: Wanting More From Life
- May 12, 2015: Anna’s Taqueria: My Favorite Burrito Place (my thoughts on food and pleasure)
- May 5, 2015: The Modern Epicurean
- May 1, 2015: Are we bad at vacations? The need for deliberate leisure
- April 22, 2015: Pleasure and Faith
- April 18, 2015: Is religion pleasurable?
- April 12, 2015: Drunken vs. Mindful Hedonism
- April 7, 2015: Is sex pleasurable?
- April 1, 2015: Become happier through subtraction
- March 28, 2015: term pleasure (and losing 5 pounds)?
- March 25, 2015: How to make friends
- March 20, 2015: Learning the Art of Pleasure via Epicureanism
- February 28, 2015: Three Things Hinduism Can Teach You About Your Self
- February 14, 2015: Practice Shopcraft to Understand the Self
- February 10, 2015: Cure Impostor Syndrome with Hindu Philosophy
- February 4, 2015: Take this Hindu Personality Test in 3 Difficult Steps
- January 31, 2015: Hinduism: Week 3 Recap
- January 28, 2015: Is Meritocracy the New Caste System?
- January 24, 2015: Detachment is really, really hard (or I got in trouble with HR)
- January 21, 2015: depressant?
- January 17, 2015: Don’t be a sheep
- January 14, 2015: Is employee detachment an alternative to employee engagement?
- January 10, 2015: The Key to Understanding the Self?
- January 7, 2015: You can’t go home (to Portland) again
- January 1, 2015: To get more satisfaction out of your job, work late? Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita
- December 27, 2014: Should we view time cyclically?
- December 23, 2014: I worshipped an elephant today
- December 20, 2014: Understanding the Self through…Yoga?
- December 12, 2014: Could you be happy as a slave?
- November 26, 2014: Six Ancient Ideas To Be Thankful For
- November 19, 2014: On a short hiatus and looking for ideas
- November 8, 2014: Up
- October 29, 2014: Why you should think about death
- October 25, 2014: What does it mean to have faith?
- October 22, 2014: What you should want in life
- October 18, 2014: incarnation?
- October 15, 2014: Week 3 Recap: Is mindfulness more painful than electro shocks?
- October 11, 2014: Does travel increase mindfulness?
- October 8, 2014: What going home can teach you about mindfulness
- October 4, 2014: Are we too obsessed with progress?
- October 1, 2014: Week 2 Recap: Meditation is Still Really Hard
- September 27, 2014: Do religions have personalities?
- September 24, 2014: To avoid groupthink, become religious
- September 20, 2014: The Palace of Ignorance
- September 17, 2014: Lessons Learned from Meditating for One Week
- September 13, 2014: Is Running the Ultimate Meditation Exercise?
- September 10, 2014: Your Cravings are Making You Miserable
- September 5, 2014: Is distraction the natural state of mind? (Do we all have ADD?)
- September 3, 2014: Introduction to Month 5: Curing Monkey Mind with Buddhism
- August 22, 2014: Up – What I Learned from Praying 5 Times a Day
- August 17, 2014: The Company Staff Meeting Revisited
- August 9, 2014: Cynical Asshole Syndrome
- August 8, 2014: My workplace ethical dilemma
- August 5, 2014: Should we practice arranged marriages?
- August 4, 2014: It’s risky to not be religious
- August 2, 2014: Dog Walk Mysticism
- July 30, 2014: Slut Shaming: Moral Criticism Gone Awry
- July 29, 2014: On criticism and gossip
- July 28, 2014: The real reason why we’re unhappy
- July 25, 2014: Were you really born for this?
- July 24, 2014: Campground Mysticism
- July 22, 2014: Welcome Study Hacks Readers!
- July 21, 2014: Is your life coherent?
- July 17, 2014: Is Sufi Mysticism the Solution to Worldly Excess?
- July 16, 2014: Should we all wage Jihad?
- July 15, 2014: Islam: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap
- July 12, 2014: Morning prayer boosts creativity?
- July 9, 2014: Does humility signal strength?
- July 7, 2014: Friday Prayer (Round 2)
- July 6, 2014: Detachment, Islam Style
- July 2, 2014: Beyond the Confidence Gap
- July 1, 2014: Conference Room Prayer
- June 29, 2014: Islam: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap
- June 28, 2014: Islamic Stoics?
- June 24, 2014: The Case Against DIY Religion
- June 23, 2014: You should believe in heaven and hell
- June 22, 2014: The Three-Fold Journey
- June 20, 2014: I’ll turn in my homework…God Willing
- June 17, 2014: The inconvenience of prayer
- June 16, 2014: Islam for Humility
- June 7, 2014: up
- June 6, 2014: Love and friendship
- June 5, 2014: Judaism: Day 29 – Being spiritual is about doing
- June 3, 2014: 28 and Week 4 Recap
- June 2, 2014: My Double-date
- June 1, 2014: You should embrace rules
- May 31, 2014: Passover, Part 2
- May 30, 2014: Passover Seder, Part 1
- May 29, 2014: Judaism: Day 21 and Week 3 Recap
- May 27, 2014: Orthodox Shabbat (or why you need to work at religion)
- May 26, 2014: The Individual vs. the Community
- May 23, 2014: Coffee with the Minyan
- May 22, 2014: Jewish YOLO
- May 21, 2014: Community Obligations
- May 20, 2014: Judaism: Day 14 and Week 2 Recap
- May 19, 2014: Shabbat vs. HR Work-Life Balance Policies (plus brisket photos)
- May 18, 2014: My Shabbat Dinner Speech
- May 16, 2014: The Four Types of Students
- May 15, 2014: Anger Management
- May 14, 2014: Good things come to those who participate
- May 13, 2014: Judaism: Day 7 and Week 1 Recap
- May 12, 2014: Resting is Hard Work
- May 11, 2014: Should you factor culture into your decision-making?
- May 10, 2014: The Unexpected Benefit of Standing Out
- May 8, 2014: Daf Yomi , or Ancient Jewish Blog Comments
- May 7, 2014: My First Minyan and the Value of Language
- May 6, 2014: Judaism for Community
- April 24, 2014: Up
- April 23, 2014: Stoic vs. Christian Detachment
- April 22, 2014: Catholicism: Day 28 and Week 4 Recap
- April 21, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (2 of 2)
- April 20, 2014: The Correct Pursuits (1 of 2)
- April 18, 2014: Love, Pain, and Indifference
- April 16, 2014: Letting go of worldly ambitions
- April 15, 2014: Disordered Love and Spiritual Freedom
- April 14, 2014: Lean In and the Hierarchy of Values
- April 13, 2014: The Path of Exploration
- April 12, 2014: Calling on God to do great work
- April 11, 2014: Sighs too Deep for Words
- April 10, 2014: Lent, the Ultimate Self-Help Program?
- April 9, 2014: Accepting Love
- April 8, 2014: Jesuit Career Advice
- April 7, 2014: God as Santa Claus?
- April 6, 2014: God as an Olympic Coach
- April 5, 2014: The Christian Perspective on Wealth and Poverty
- April 4, 2014: Which is more comforting: God or protein shakes?
- April 3, 2014: God wants you be to be (a little) unhappy
- April 2, 2014: Everything is Amazing
- April 1, 2014: Jesuit Decision Making
- March 31, 2014: Should you thank God for the weather?
- March 30, 2014: Catholicism Week 1 Recap
- March 29, 2014: You’re a mixed bag (and that’s ok)
- March 28, 2014: Coincidence or Signs from God?
- March 27, 2014: Someone Farted at Mass
- March 26, 2014: The Shepherd and the Sheeple
- March 25, 2014: Faith, Stoicism, and Confirmation Bias
- March 24, 2014: My First Mass and Spiritual Exercise
- March 23, 2014: Catholicism for Love and Clarity
- March 13, 2014: Stoicism Month 1 Wrap-Up
- March 12, 2014: The Value of Repetition
- March 11, 2014: Don’t be a Victim
- March 10, 2014: Watch Movies to Jumpstart Negative Visualization
- March 9, 2014: Overcoming Resistance when Pursuing Creative Projects
- March 8, 2014: Stoicism, the Absurd, and the Myth of Sisyphus
- March 7, 2014: Being Cynical About Your Job is Your Own Fault
- March 6, 2014: Stoicism and Godliness
- March 5, 2014: Don’t be a meathead
- March 4, 2014: Stoic Relationship Advice
- March 3, 2014: Writing as Forced Reflection
- March 2, 2014: Hosting a Houseguest is the Ultimate Stoic Exercise
- March 1, 2014: Stoic Fatalism and Goal Setting
- February 28, 2014: On not being a pretentious ass to your friends
- February 27, 2014: Were the Stoics Masters of Willpower?
- February 26, 2014: Is Stoicism Fun?
- February 25, 2014: Modern Tragedies
- February 24, 2014: Stoicism is Lonely
- February 23, 2014: The Stoics Would Not Instagram their Meals
- February 22, 2014: The Stoic Career Guide
- February 21, 2014: I relapsed
- February 20, 2014: What the Stoics think about your liberal arts degree
- February 19, 2014: Should I take colder or longer ice baths?
- February 18, 2014: People Who Play Their Music Too Loudly
- February 17, 2014: I want to work for Goldman Sachs
- February 16, 2014: Social Drinking
- February 15, 2014: On Becoming a Failure
- February 14, 2014: Travel and Escapism
- February 13, 2014: Contemplating the Impermanence of Everything
- February 12, 2014: My First Ice Bath
- February 11, 2014: Stoicism for Tranquility and Appreciation of the Present
Case Studies
Universal Wisdom
- April 20, 2017: The Ancient Wisdom of Thick Institutions
- March 5, 2017: Is life going great or terribly?
- November 9, 2016: Election Advice: Love your enemy as your enemy
- August 11, 2016: My favorite personal development blogs and how ancient wisdom makes them better
- July 18, 2016: Finding community at … McDonalds?
- June 1, 2016: Wonder
- April 23, 2016: You are defined by your enemies
- March 9, 2016: The Ancient Wisdom of Grandmothers
- February 7, 2016: The Freedom of Constraint