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Today’s Thoughts About Discipline, Habits, & Routines
Discipline, Habits & Routines This morning, I read about how there are three types of discipline. Structural, reactive, and expansive. Ideally, all three are needed to achieve goals. I think I do need to work on some structural aspects of my day. When I was working, I had alarms set for all sorts of things,…
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Productivity During the Freeze
Productivity & Weather Productivity This morning, I woke up and was determined not to watch YouTube videos for two uninterrupted hours. I love YouTube. Never really watched online videos until recently, and now I spend most of the day watching some kind of content on my television YouTube app. I especially enjoy videos about other…
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Actually Using Self-Help Strategies in the Books I Read
Implementing Self-Help Strategies This morning, I started reading a very short ebook, How to Trick Yourself into Doing Things You Hate: Use Psychology, Self-Discipline, & Neuroscience to Suffer Less by Peter Hollins. Initially, I thought to speed through this book, but I think I will write a blog post about what I’ve read over the…
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The Work of a Human & “Little p Purpose”
This morning, I was lying in bed and enjoying my cotton blankets. I had slept 12 hours, which is the most I’ve slept in 2 weeks due to flu/possible pneumonia. As I lingered and enjoyed the waffled texture of my blanket, I thought about how Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations said we should not lie…
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Embracing Longevity: A Shift in my Perspective
When I was younger, I did not want to live a long life. I felt like life was cruel and I did not see myself being fifty years old. At 47, about to turn 48 years old, I feel differently about the concept of living a very long life. I hope to live a long…
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Freedom of Will & Living Well
Freedom of Will, a concept of Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy A lot of times you hear about free will in religious circles. You also hear criticism of the concept of freedom of will from those who say we are never truly free of the human condition. Viktor Frankl discovered, as a prisoner in a holocaust death…
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Hope for the Future Keeps Us Alive
Spinoza’s Ethics Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it. Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning The prisoner who had lost faith in the future—his future—was doomed. With his loss of belief in the future, he also lost his spiritual hold; he let…
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1st Day of 2026
The Flu Yesterday, I began to feel a little under the weather, and by that evening I realised I have the flu. This morning, I woke up at 5 am as usual, but then I went back to sleep on the couch. Gumbo, my 11-year-old Chihuahua, was snuggled into the side of my body. He…
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The Future or the Past?
Earlier in my life, I tried to focus on the present and ignore the past. Then, the mental container holding the past began to burst and destroy my present. Several years were spent learning to acknowledge the past, grow from it, and still remain in the present. But recently, I guess it is age-related, I…
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My Biggest Challenges…
My biggest challenges are mental health related. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have to struggle with my mental health. Those moments are pity parties. When I’m feeling optimistic and grateful, I realise that having mental health challenges has helped me to become a nicer person. Instead of being so competitive or judgmental towards other people,…
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