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Is the fear of death holding you back?
Death is at the root of everything we fear and are anxious about
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August 2024

No purpose or place
Seeking purpose in a purposeless world
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July 2024

Boreout at work and life
Stress, depression, and insomnia don't only come from burnout

June 2024

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality
It was Seneca who said, “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”.

April 2024

The holiday paradox: how to slow down time
Would you rather live until 100 and feel like you've not lived long enough or 80 and feel like you've lived a long life?

December 2023

Routine kills a man
I’m confident that humans aren't wired for routine.

October 2023

We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own
I was doing an excellent job of falling off my surfboard recently while practising on a sandy beach break.

August 2023

Living without purpose
Back in 2013, Alex Lewis had symptoms of the common cold which he dismissed as "man flu".

July 2023

June 2023

Overdoing delayed gratification
Did you eat the marshmallow or did you abstain?
A Hobson's choice: getting FIREd
I don't know about you but sometimes I like it when decisions are made for me, or when there's only one choice: a Hobson's choice. It prevents…
How to be grateful
Based on many measures this is the best time in human history to be alive.
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