Be Like a Sponge Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! perhaps this post more than most exposes when I was born. During it's writing I immediatly thought about SpongeBob SquarePants, a beloved childhood character that I havn't seen in almost two decades. I never thought that I will reference it in a wellbeing/philosophy...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
How to Change Their Mind Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! I'm very excited about today's post because this is the first suggestion post that I got, and it really opened my eyes to what last month's post (about how to recognize when your mind is deceiving you) was missing. Even though broadening my perspective is very "on...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Stay in the Comfort Zone Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! I talk a lot about growth on this blog and for good reason, I believe it is essential for happiness, meaning and flourishing. But, I'm probably equally blame worthy at highlighting growth over everything else. Sometimes (more often than we think) it is perfectly okay...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Be wary of your own mind Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! Have you ever suddenly realized that you and someone else see reality completely different? It's natural to act like there's only one version of reality. It's embedded so deeply within us that we don't even think about it. Which is exactly the problem. Today we'll...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Expanding your world one word at a time Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! I recently read "The Power of Language" by Voirica Marian and as a language nerd it was quite fascinating. The most surprising thing was that learning a new language is more than just a nice hobby that helps when you travel around the world, it's a way...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Lowering the bar Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! Even without asking, I assume that you have a lot going for you right now, and the fact that you have time in your busy life to read this email is amazing and I'm so grateful. Even though we are deeply aware of how busy we are, we don't always adjust our expectations of...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Moving From Why Me To What Now Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! I took a gamble with this post, knowing too well that this might be a too sensitive topic to deal with right now. Unfortunately there's plenty of pain to go around, and real tragedies we face. And while I don't wish to discredit any of that real pain, we...
4 months ago • 2 min read
The Difference between Knowing and Experiencing Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! Have you ever screamed at characters are the tv doing stupid things? Well I have, and it always facinated me how something so obvious to me is strange for someone else. But maybe it's not about differences between people, maybe we see the world...
5 months ago • 3 min read
Rejection Proofing Welcome to Philosopher's Code - practical philosophy for everyday life: turning complex ideas into tools for happiness, growth, and clarity. If you prefer reading on the browser - click here Hey Reader! No one likes to hear "no", there are many forms of rejection but all of them are terrible. Whether it's on the job market, dating world, or even just asking your child to brush their teeth. While it will never be a positive experience, we can take out of some of the poison...
5 months ago • 3 min read