Do you want to be rich? (That’s a rhetorical question, of course: I am sure you do.) Well, you probably already are. And if not, it is not hard to become so. It’s actually very easy to dramatically increase your wealth, at least in theory, and you don’t even need any more money. But first …
There was an article* in the NYT a week or so ago which pointed out something most of us already knew at an intuitive level — during all the shutdowns and quarantines over the past four months, many people have gained significant amounts of fat. The so-called “quarantine 15” simply refers to the fact that …
Note: This post describes a meditative side practice — and an additional benefit of meditation — to complement my Meditation Primer and the blog post “Pull-Ups for the Mind”. For best results, both should be read (and practiced!) before the below. The previous post on “aesthetic appreciation” was one way of using the typically internally-focused …
Note: This post describes a meditative side practice — and an additional benefit of meditation — to complement my Meditation Primer and the previous blog post “Pull-Ups for the Mind”. For best results, both should be read (and practiced!) before the below. “In this life, when one looks at the Beautiful itself — absolute, pure, …
I like to think of meditation — the practice of sitting still and focusing on the breath that the word now popularly refers to — as “pull-ups for the mind.” In essence this is just pointing out that meditation is a form of mental exercise, and so any type of physical exercise could be used …
Now that my book on physical fitness has been published, I want to help those of you who are reading it and have questions. You might have a question about something specific I wrote, or perhaps you are wondering about something not addressed in the book. Or maybe you need advice on how to overcome …
If you want to quickly understand what I mean when I use the phrase “practical philosophy,” read this post. While my take on the subject is indeed practical, a more academically inclined person would say that I am actually writing about “virtue ethics.” Good Lord, though: is there anything that sounds worse than “virtue ethics?” …
The first half of my book The Thinking Person’s Guide to Fitness is aimed at people who are just beginning to get in shape. Below are the seven most important take-aways from this portion of the book. Getting in shape is actually quite simple. It’s not easy, but it’s simple. Ignore all the distracting nonsense …
I’ve spent enough time over the last five years in various remote locations to frequently be disconnected from “civilization” for months at a time. When this happens, I often notice changes that others have already taken for granted or missed entirely. Boiling Frogs There’s a story about how to best boil frogs. If you toss …
“Cookery has assumed the disguise of medicine, and pretends to know what food is best for the body; and if a physician and a chef had a contest in which children were the judges, or men who had no more sense than children, to decide which of them best understands the goodness or badness of …